airquality

CAQM issues notice to 6 thermal plants for failing biomass co-firing rules

New Delhi: In a major regulatory push to curb worsening air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Commission…

5 months ago

India rejects global airquality ranking, says it sets own air standards

New Delhi: The government on Thursday told the Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not…

6 months ago

Delhi-NCR to begin land and forest mapping exercise for five year greening plan

New Delhi: In a major regional environmental initiative, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has directed all…

6 months ago

Delhi-NCR air quality deteriorates; Centre enforces stage III curbs under GRAP

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday imposed stricter anti-pollution measures under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)…

7 months ago

Dust storm likely to hit Delhi-NCR; GRAP-1 imposes as AQI level plunges

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that a dust storm, likely to affect Delhi-NCR as it advected from North Pakistan,…

1 year ago

Delhi-NCR Chokes: Air Quality plunges to ‘Severe-Plus’ level, AQI hits 490

New Delhi: The air quality in the Delhi-NCR region has deteriorated further, breaching the severe-plus level with an average Air…

2 years ago

Role of local governance in tackling air pollution: Opinion

Written by Dr. Sanju Purohit , Associate Professor (Volunteer) at Akamai University and research fellow at UNEC. India has a…

2 years ago

WMO WHO launch dedicated portal for climate and health

The World Metrological Organization (WMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have jointly launched the first global knowledge platform dedicated…

4 years ago