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Air pollution affects life expectancy worse than smoking, terrorism: Study

People are breathing air that represents a serious risk to their health.

26 Nov 2018 7:23 PM

A performance metric to fight smog

Dealing with pollution requires an empowered institution whose performance is tied solely to controlling pollution.

25 Nov 2018 12:40 AM

Air pollution may up risk of intellectual disability in children, says study

Study found children with intellectual disabilities were more likely than their peers to live in areas with high outdoor air pollution.

23 Nov 2018 4:52 PM

Capital air quality gets better due to wind speed

The Central Pollution Control Board data showed overall air quality index at 282 which falls in poor category.

23 Nov 2018 12:55 AM

New pollution filter that sits in the nostrils can block 90 per cent of large particles

Such inventions are important when air pollution is having a devastating effect largely in cities of India and China.

22 Nov 2018 7:27 PM

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Pollution: Authorities plan ‘artificial rain’

Delhi’s air quality has deteriorated to alarming levels in the past three weeks.

21 Nov 2018 6:32 AM

Must religion & health be on collision course?

In the city, the corresponding figure was 302. Health experts consider an AQI (air quality index) above 100 as unhealthy.

15 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

Declining quality of air causing sickness and discomfort to 89 per cent people in Delhi

A majority of the respondents (33.4 per cent) said they accessed air quality information "sometimes" and 12 per cent said "never".

13 Nov 2018 8:55 PM

Research shows how air pollution might be linked to obesity

Pollutants irritate air sacs in the lungs causing stress response that leads to release of hormones.

12 Nov 2018 3:23 PM

Arvind Kejriwal under fire over reported Dubai trip amid pollution crisis

For a second year the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has likened Delhi to a 'gas chamber' because of the pollution.

10 Nov 2018 7:07 PM

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Small-particle air pollution may raise risk of glaucoma in some people

Long-term exposure to black carbon, and other products of combustion, was associated with higher pressures in eye.

09 Nov 2018 10:16 AM

Delhi wakes up to hazy Diwali morning, air quality remains 'poor'

Delhi's air quality is expected to deteriorate to 'severe plus emergency' category after Diwali, SAFAR said.

07 Nov 2018 12:45 PM

Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors

Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has worst air of any major city on planet, World Health Organization says.

05 Nov 2018 10:10 AM

Air pollution a seasonal hazard

The air pollution is high due to lower temperatures, wind speed and higher relative humidity.

05 Nov 2018 12:12 AM

Purelogic Labs launches AQI India - Private Air Monitoring initiative

The platform detects and reports invisible air particulate as small as PM2.5 along with noise pollution.

04 Nov 2018 3:40 PM

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Craving for a ciggy? Breathe Delhi air

Pollution same as smoking 15-20 cigarettes a day, ‘severe’ deterioration from Mon likely.

04 Nov 2018 12:55 AM

Test shows heavy metal and metal oxides in firecrackers

The report indicated that none of the tested firecrackers were “green’’ and might prove unsafe for human health.

03 Nov 2018 1:27 AM

India has three NO2 emission hotspots: Body

These hotspots include are Delhi-NCR, Sonbhadra-Singrauli, Korba-Chhattisgarh and Talcher in Odisha.

31 Oct 2018 1:46 AM

Plan to ban private cars to fight Delhi pollution

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 3 pm was 401, falling in the ‘severe’ category, the highest this season.

31 Oct 2018 12:54 AM

Delhi air quality just 3 points below 'severe', worst pollution of season recorded

Air quality of Delhi was recorded at 397, just three points below severe level. Seventeen areas of Delhi recorded severe air quality.

30 Oct 2018 12:41 PM

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