Pollution

Indonesia Proposes To Tax Polluting Cars

Reuters | Thursday February 20, 2020

Indonesia's finance minister proposed on Wednesday new duties on sweetened drinks, vehicles that emit carbon dioxide and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

Apex Court Questions Government About Plans To Popularise EVs

Edited by Shubham Parashar | Wednesday February 19, 2020

Supreme Court of India has asked the government about its plans to popularise electric vehicles (EVs) in a bid to curb air pollution.

Nitin Gadkari Has "Innovative Ideas": Supreme Court On Tackling Pollution

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Wednesday February 19, 2020

Nitin Gadkari, Union Road Transport Minister, was "requested" by the Supreme Court today to come and share "innovative ideas" on tackling pollution. It was a request for the minister's inputs, not summons, the judges sought to clarify.

Watch: "Wonder Woman" Interrupts Play, Hands Masks To Quinton De Kock, Dale Steyn

Prakash Rai | Monday February 17, 2020

An activist of Greenpeace Africa, dressed like comic character Wonder Woman, walked into the ground during the match and handed pollution masks to some cricketers.

Delhi Air Quality Turns "Very Poor", Thunderstorm Likely Soon

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 17, 2020

The pollution level in the national capital on Monday stood in the "very poor" category as the MeT forecast thunderstorm with lightning by Wednesday.

UP Pollution Control Board Orders Kanpur Tanneries's Shutdown Again

Kanpur News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 17, 2020

The Regional Pollution Control Board of Uttar Pradesh has ordered 248 tanneries in Jajmau area of Kanpur to stop their operations from February 19 till further orders, without assigning any reason.

Indore Wants To Curb Noise Pollution To Become Most "Silent City"

Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 16, 2020

After earning the distinction of being India's cleanest city in several Swachh Bharat Abhiyan surveys, authorities in Indore want to curb noise pollution to make it the most "silent city".

West Bengal Pollution Control Body Bans Use Of Loudspeaker During Board Exams

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 16, 2020

The secondary (Madhyamik) examination will be held from February 18 to 27, while the higher secondary (Uchha Madhyamik) examination from March 12 to 27.

AMU BSc Student's 'Environmental Monitoring Device' Bags Young Scientists Award

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Sunday February 16, 2020

The device will help in analysing in real time the simultaneous detection of vehicle flow and traffic concentrations at critical points, with air quality, particles and noise data.

Punjab Farmer Arrested For Burning Crop Waste Let Off After "Promise"

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali | Wednesday February 12, 2020

A Punjab court has let off a farmer found guilty of stubble burning, a practice said to be responsible for the increasing air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas, after extracting a promise that he will desist from doing so in the future.

Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels Costs India $150 Billion Annually: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 12, 2020

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels cost India an estimated USD 150 billion annually, the third-highest worldwide, a report said on Wednesday.

Global Cost Of Air Pollution By Fossil Fuels Is $8 Billion A Day: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 13, 2020

The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world's economic output, an environmental research group said on Wednesday.

Delhi's Air Quality Remains In 'Very Poor' Category

Delhi News | ANI | Sunday February 9, 2020

The pollution level in the national capital continues to deteriorate as the overall air quality stood in the 'very poor' category today with the Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 301, said Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

Shift Polluting Industries From Residential Zones: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 7, 2020

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said polluting industries located in residential zones in Dombivili will be shifted to another place.

Pic Of Corbett Tigers Playing With Plastic Sparks Concern

Offbeat | Friday February 7, 2020

A picture clicked at the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand shows three tigers playing with a piece of plastic.