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East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir was among the many MPs who skipped the meeting, but his pictures, laughing and enjoying sweets with his former cricket colleagues in Indore, appeared on social media to his great embarrassment.

MPs, officials skip meet on NCR pollution

Only 4 out of 29 turn up at meet.

16 Nov 2019 2:49 AM IST

Delhi is battling with very poor air quality, which is hovering around the emergency zone. (Photo: ANI)

Oxygen with aroma is refreshing in this Delhi bar

Delhi Bar provides fresh oxygenated air in different aromas to customers.

15 Nov 2019 12:05 PM IST

The Delhi government and pollution monitoring agencies will review the situation on Friday. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi's air quality still in 'severe' zone, improvement likely from...

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) was 465 at 6.30am.

15 Nov 2019 9:23 AM IST

Pictures of school students with their faces covered with anti-pollution masks and handkerchiefs were shared widely on social media. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi schools shut till Nov 15 amid high air pollution

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) also advised people to avoid outdoor exposure and work from home.

14 Nov 2019 8:28 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

SC orders Centre to explore Hydrogen based fuel technology to combat...

The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi directed the Centre to submit the report on the matter by...

13 Nov 2019 2:54 PM IST

The study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. (Photo: ANI)

Ability of indoor plants to enhance air quality is vastly overstated

Do potted plants really better air quality?

13 Nov 2019 10:03 AM IST

Humayuns Tomb in New Delhi is seen shrouded in smog on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi's 'severe' air pollution likely to drop to 'emergency' today

Meteorologists said Delhi recorded on Tuesday morning a minimum temperature of 11.7 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest...

13 Nov 2019 8:44 AM IST

At Delhis Sitaram Bhartia hospital, excruciatingly tiny babies weighing as little as a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) breathe oxygen through plastic tubes as machines monitor their vital signs. (Photo: AFP)

Pregnant women in Delhi fear for health of unborn child

Mothers-to-be fear for their unborn in smog-choked Delhi.

9 Nov 2019 1:00 PM IST

All the idols in the temple now have anti-pollution masks on them, except for Goddess Kali. (Photo: Twitter)

When Gods turn human: Plight of air pollution

This Varanasi temple is making the idols wear masks, thus inspiring the public to do so too.

8 Nov 2019 1:11 PM IST

Researchers found that restoring vegetation reduced air pollution an average of 27 per cent across the counties. (Photo: ANI)

Planting trees near factories can significantly control air pollution

Trees - a feasible option for cutting down air pollution around factories.

8 Nov 2019 9:55 AM IST

Youth Congress volunteers during protest against pollution in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Time to hold state govts, bureaucrats liable for air pollution: SC

States to pay Rs 100/quintal to farmers for not burning stubble.

7 Nov 2019 5:54 AM IST

The burning of paddy straw and wheat every year during October, November and April months is one of the major contributors of air pollution in Delhi.

You sit in ivory towers and let people die, SC slams states on air...

Can you permit the country to go back by 100 years,' observed a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.

6 Nov 2019 5:11 PM IST