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The Supreme Courts order banning firecrackers has received mixed reactions from various quarters.

Online sale, purchase of firecrackers also banned under SC order:...

On Monday, the Supreme Court restored the ban on the sale of firecrackers till November 1, in Delhi and the NCR region.

12 Oct 2017 8:42 AM

People buy fire-crackers near Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Industry stares at Rs 500 crore loss

The ban would ensure that the levels of air pollutants do not reach as high a limit as they did last year around Diwali.

9 Oct 2017 8:07 PM

National Green Tribunal. (Photo: PTI)

NGT lifts ban on construction

Allows entry of trucks, says ban on industrial activities still on.

17 Nov 2017 8:17 PM

New Delhi and several other North Indian states have been enveloped with toxic smog for over a week, forcing authorities to enforce emergency measures. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi: As smog is less severe, emergency steps eased

The NGT, which had separately issued an order banning entry of trucks, has posted the matter for hearing on Friday.

16 Nov 2017 8:08 PM

Anumita Roychowdhury

Delhi-NCR has to reduce particulate pollution by as much as 74%'

No other city has seen so many news headlines on air pollution as Delhi has, says Anumita Roychowdhury.

12 Nov 2017 1:15 AM

National Green Tribunal

End of road for 10-year-old diesel cars in Delhi, NCR

The report declares one new diesel car is equivalent to 24 petrol cars and 84 new CNG cars on road, the tribunal said.

14 Sept 2017 10:33 PM

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said one diesel vehicle causes pollution equal to 24 petrol vehicles and 40 CNG vehicles. (Representational Image)

NGT refuses to lift ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR

The Centre had earlier opposed the ban, saying there was a 'misconception' that only diesel pollutes the environment.

14 Sept 2017 8:48 AM

The Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

SC lifts order banning sale of fireworks in Delhi-NCR 'for the time...

SC directed Delhi Police to reduce temporary licenses of fireworks manufacturers, those granted in 2016, by 50 per cent...

12 Sept 2017 9:33 AM

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

City records worst air quality as haze sets in

Dip due to construction dust, vehicular pollution.

28 Oct 2018 7:08 PM

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified four reasons for the sudden onset of pollution - temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and atmospheric boundary layer - for the worsening Delhi air. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

41 teams to check pollution violations

Officials said this is the first time that the teams were fanned in the NCR regions too. Earlier, they used to be...

11 Oct 2018 8:51 PM

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

Nasa photos show pollution in city, India to worsen this winter

Sharp jump in crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana in last 10 days.

11 Oct 2018 8:44 PM

It added that dust particles from construction activity, concentrated in and neighbouring National Capital Region (NCR) areas add further pollution, which gets compounded by power plants and industrial pollution.

Economic Survey suggests stiff penalty for crop burning

Says 35 MT of paddy burnt in 3 neighbouring states.

29 Jan 2018 7:37 PM