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New satellite data and firsthand accounts reveal that PM2.5 levels in rural India far exceed safe limits. From biomass cooking with cow dung cakes to relentless stubble burning and unchecked ...

Economic Survey 2024-25 recognises air pollution as a major concern for north India, especially for people in the Delhi NCR ...

Recent data, however, shows that the situation is deteriorating further -- and may be worse than previously imagined. A study ...

While addressing vehicular noise has been a focus, it is equally vital to regulate loudspeaker usage in communal and religious settings.

There is a need to find the scientific cause behind this prevalence of GBS cases by consulting experts, says the NCP (SP) ...

Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule on Thursday slammed the Pune civic administration as she blamed the “urban planning failure” and rising pollution for the outbreak of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a ...

After a few days, reports from labs will be available but as of today, it looks that due to urban planning failure, pollution ... from different parts of the city have been sent for chemical ...

As winter arrives, Dhaka’s streets transform into a hazy labyrinth of dust. The dry season amplifies the capital`s chronic ...

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Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...