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Commuters ride through heavy smog in Noida on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

4 in-demand apps that have people hooked

People inclined towards on-demand home services to avoid stepping out in the toxic smog.

20 Nov 2019 2:21 PM 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

A blanket of haze over Delhi thickened this morning with the national capitals pollution levels increasing overnight by around 50 points. (Photo: ANI)

Indians want to shift national capital from smog-choked Delhi as toxic...

What most of them pointed out was the fact that this is not the first time Delhiites have been suffering owing to the...

4 Nov 2019 4:07 PM IST

Air pollution levels in the national capital escalated to hazardous and visibility dropped significantly as a thick blanket of smog engulfed several parts of the city on Sunday morning. (Photo: ANI)

Air pollution continues its choking grip on Delhi, flights delayed due...

People residing in neighbouring areas complained of eye irritation and suffocation due to deteriorating air quality.

3 Nov 2019 11:32 AM IST

The researchers collected 210 million geo-tagged Weibo tweets during the course of 9 months from 144 Chinese cities and found that higher levels of pollution lead to a more negative mood. (Photo: ANI)

Online posts get sad as it gets smoggy outside

A person's sensitivity to air pollution was greater on weekends and women were two times more sensitive than men.

23 Jan 2019 2:03 PM IST

The levels of carbon dioxide found at Cape Grim now are akin to those found in some towns at the start of the industrial revolution. (Photo: AFP)

Australia setting standard for clean air globally

Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite.

18 March 2019 1:52 PM IST

Save yourself from the smog

Save yourself from the smog

Here's all that you need to know about smog and its dangerous impacts on our health.

26 April 2019 9:25 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)

Here is why your home should be away from roads

Children living less than 100 meters from a major road had nearly three times the odds of current asthma.

2 May 2018 4:31 PM IST

To get the situation under control, the Indian government announced it would temporarily shut down construction sites and a coal-fired power station. (Photo: FIle)

India must act soon before 'smog chokes Delhi': research

Experts said that crop burning in neighbouring Haryana and Punjab states, car emissions, construction and use of...

21 July 2017 11:36 AM IST

Two women wear masks on a street in Beijing amid a high alert over increasing air pollution. (Photo: AFP)

In Beijing, environmental police to tackle pollution in 2017

Beijing will strengthen environmental protection in 2017 by organizing an environmental police force, the mayor said.

7 Jan 2017 8:10 PM IST

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Imran Hussain reviewed the trial of the fog cannon to control dust particulate matter at the Delhi Secretariat on Monday. (Photo: @AAPDelhi | Twitter)

Delhi govt agrees to trial run of anti-smog guns to reduce air...

As per the plan, a trial run of anti-smog gun will be held at east Delhi's Anand Vihar ISBT on December 20.

19 Dec 2017 1:34 PM IST

Delhi government told NGT that Odd-Even rule will be implemented without exemptions to combat pollution. (Photo: PTI)

Will implement odd-even rule to combat pollution, Delhi govt tells...

With odd-even rule implementation, the entry of trucks will be banned in national capital.

6 Dec 2017 4:17 PM IST