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Estimates suggest health savings from reduced air pollution may be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than cost of climate change mitigation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air pollution linked to fertility treatment failure, says study

Past research has linked high concentrations of air pollutants produced by fossil fuels or wood to heart disease, stroke...

27 April 2018 8:27 AM IST

PVR is leading multiplex chain in India.

Nirvana Being purifies PVR Cinemas in India

The firm is personalising its cinema infrastructures to provide a refreshing and rejuvenating movie viewing experience...

23 April 2018 3:15 PM IST

Estimates suggest health savings from reduced air pollution may be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than cost of climate change mitigation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds poor air quality linked to cardiac illnesses in people

Study finds within day of being exposed to dense smoke, emergency room visits for heart attacks and other cardiac events...

18 April 2018 8:29 AM IST

China cut concentrations of hazardous particles known as PM2.5 by 6.5 per cent in 338 cities in 2017. (Photo: Flickr)

China's smog levels down but health damage already done, says study

China faces about 1.6 million premature deaths a year as a result of air pollution, the US-based Health Effects...

17 April 2018 12:49 PM IST

Air pollution a growing concern in India. (Photo: AP)

PWD directed to prepare data on demolition waste

The body has also asked the department to prepare a proper database of such waste generated from its sites and submit an...

16 April 2018 1:22 AM IST

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Proximity to oil, gas facility could increase health risk: Study

People living close to oil and gas facilities are at the greatest risk of acute and chronic health issues due to air...

11 April 2018 9:29 AM IST

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50 locations to manage air pollution

Kadam has set up a Pune-based manufacturing company dealing in these outdoor air pollution controllers.

7 April 2018 1:47 AM IST

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Researchers study impact of long-term exposures to outdoor air...

The study strengthens the evidence on the link between long-term exposure to outdoor pollution and asthma in adults.

6 April 2018 3:28 PM IST

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Air pollution: NGT slaps Rs 2 lakhs costs on Delhi government

The NGT granted a week to the Rajasthan government for filing the action plan and posted the issue for hearing on April...

4 April 2018 5:56 AM IST

A traffic policeman, wearing an anti-pollution mask,controls traffic amid smog and air pollution which continues to be above dangerous level.

Clean fuel will help fight Delhi pollution

IOC chairman Sanjiv Singh said no country in the world has gone from Euro-IV to Euro-VI in three years.

3 April 2018 5:49 AM IST

$The commission has said that \persistently high\ levels of nitrogen dioxide caused 70,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2013 (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Activists protest air pollution by putting masks on statues in Paris

In February 2017, the EU ordered countries including France, Britain and Germany to tighten controls on smog-causing car...

1 April 2018 2:30 PM IST

Ramesh Jayanti Gohil died of an alleged heart attack in his cell at Arthur Road Jail on Saturday. (Photo: medimoon.com/Representational Image)

'New health calculator can help predict heart disease risk'

A lot of people are interested in healthy living, but often we don't have that discussion in the doctor's office.

23 July 2018 1:54 PM IST