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India breathes easy in lockdown: 90 cities record dip in air pollution

The government has urged people to avoid unnecessary travelling, significantly reducing the traffic movement across the country.

Lockdown reduces pollution; AQI in Delhi turns 'good' from 'hazardous'

The national capital on Saturday witnessed cleanest air quality of the year so far with the overall AQI at 42, under the 'good' category

Gautam Gambhir to unveil giant air purifier ahead of Delhi elections

Purifier will be a 20-foot-long prototype air purifier which Gambhir's office claims will be a "first-of-its-kind" that will be inaugurated on Friday in Lajpat Nagar's Central Market

Delhi continues to shiver under severe cold; 34 trains running late

As many as 34 trains are running late due to low visibility in the Northern Railway region

Will make Delhi pollution-free in next 5 years if re-elected: Kejriwal

Addressing his third town hall meeting at Durgapuri chowk in West Jyothi Nagar, Kejriwal said his government took a number of steps to tackle pollution and managed to reduce it by 25 per cent

Delhi reports coldest day of winter; air quality falls to 'unhealthy'

Gurgaon in Haryana and Noida in Uttar Pradesh-two cities that ring Delhi, reported 7 degrees Celsius and 'very unhealthy' air pollution

Delhi air pollution: Odd-even scheme not a solution, says Supreme Court

SC said that despite the implementation of the scheme, the pollution levels have continued to increase

NGT asks authorities to curtail vehicle registration if no parking space

In case the number of vehicles exceed the capacity, there should be an action plan for providing adequate additional parking space, the tribunal said.

India's crumbling cities: Ageing Kolkata bent by pollution, poor infra

The second of a five-part series highlights serious pollution, poor infrastructure, and rising sea levels as the ills of urbanisation that afflict the city

SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR region

The apex court perused the affidavit filed by CPCB which said however that no construction should be permitted during 6 PM to 6 AM

Delhli continues to suffer as air quality slips to very poor category

The overall air quality in the city was 370 at 9.45 am; it was 'severe' with an AQI of 404 at 4 pm Friday

States, UTs given Rs 118 cr in 2009-19 period to tackle air pollution: Govt

Funding details of New Delhi were missing from the data shared by the ministry

No Indian study has shown pollution reduces life:Javadekar tells Lok Sabha

Indian studies have not shown a correlation between shortening of life and pollution, the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change said.

Air quality nears 'very poor' levels as mercury drops to season's lowest

Further deterioration to the 'very poor' category is forecast for December 3

Best of BS Opinion: Delhi air pollution, a retreat from RCEP, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Merkel braves Delhi air, vows 1 billion euros for green urban mobility

Delhi's air quality drops to 'emergency' category first time since January

Don't tell govts to buy 'inefficient' smog towers: Environmentalists to SC

Earlier this week, the apex court asked the Centre to take concrete decision within 10 days on having smog towers in Delhi-National Capital Region to combat pollution

Haryana reduced stubble burning by 45%, complete prevention in 2 yrs

Stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab in October-November is considered one of the major reasons behind the annual episodes of smog in Delhi-NCR

Delhi-NCR's air quality best in 55 days, slight dip likely on Friday

Most of the 37 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded AQI in the 'satisfactory' category. Pusa registered the best AQI of 64

Delhi breathes easy as rains, wind bring air quality to 'moderate' level

The national capital and its suburbs recorded light rains on Wednesday. A few areas in the region also received hail