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    Air Pollution News

    World Lung Day: Lucknow experts decode the triggers behind rising youth asthma

    Asthma patient taking a puff (For representation only)
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Haryana to use drones to detect farm fires

    For field monitoring, the state has deputed 8,134 village-level nodal officers. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 2 days ago

    BMC clears NEERI study to assess Kanjurmarg landfill emissions

    CSIR-NEERI will assess emissions and odour levels around the Kanjurmarg landfill and examine the factors contributing to the complaints from neighbouring residential areas.
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Vehicles move through smog as AQI begins to shoot up in Ghaziabad

    Ghaziabad: Vehicles ply with their headlights amid dense smog on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and National Highway-9 near Dasna
    India News
    Published 4 days ago

    Bombay HC calls for ban on street firecrackers during festivities

    The court directed the Maharashtra government and Mumbai Police to strictly enforce decibel limits during religious processions and take strict action against violators. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Updated 4 days ago

    BMC cannot blame architects for air pollution lapses: Council

    BMC cannot blame architects for air pollution lapses: Council
    Cities
    Published 6 days ago

    Death by breath: How mining dust in Aravallis is killing residents

    Death by breath: How mining dust in Aravallis is killing residents
    India News
    Published 7 days ago

    GB Nagar: Vehicles without PUCC to not get fuel from Oct 1

    Vehicular emissions and road dust remain key challenges in the fight against pollution (Sakib Ali /HT)
    Cities
    Published 7 days ago

    Union minister Bhupender Yadav calls for ‘mission-mode’ drive against pollution before winter

    Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav with chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday. (Sourced)
    Cities
    Published 8 days ago

    Over 650 end-of-life vehicles seized in Gautam Budh Nagar amid pollution crackdown

    The district transport department said enforcement teams are checking vehicles at major intersections, expressways and internal roads. (HT Photos)
    Cities
    Published 9 days ago

    Punjab’s 5-yr roadmap aims zero stubble burning by 2030

    Punjab has drawn up a comprehensive five-year long-term plan to achieve ‘zero’ stubble burning by 2030, with the state government submitting the roadmap to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and proposing measures ranging from crop diversification and next-generation crop residue management machinery to biomass industrial parks and permanent stubble storage depots across the state.
    Cities
    Published 9 days ago

    In a first, Punjab to deploy drones to spot satellite-evading farm fires

    As the PPCB started monitoring the stubble burning cases, two such fire incidents were recorded on September 15 in Tarn Taran district (AP)
    Cities
    Published 10 days ago

    Is your baby exposed to toxic indoor air? 3 insights on pollution risks

    What's really in the air your baby breathes at home?
    Lifestyle
    Published 11 days ago

    60% of environmental compensation charge still lying unused: RTI reply

    The ECC was introduced as an environmental charge on specified commercial vehicles entering Delhi.
    Cities
    Updated 11 days ago

    Nearly 60% of Delhi’s pollution compensation fund lies unused: RTI reply

    The response showed that the government has received <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,935.44 crore under the ECC so far, but spent only <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>781.51 crore.
    Cities
    Published 11 days ago

    Delhi-NCR schools asked to avoid sports in November-December over air pollution

    Any scheduled sports events in school must be shifted as per the advisory.
    India News
    Updated 11 days ago

    IIT Kanpur to install sensors to pinpoint pollution sources in real time across city

    For representation only
    Cities
    Published 12 days ago

    With pollution season nearing, Delhi's toll-free border plan yet to take off

    The proposed system will use RFID readers, ANPR cameras, sensors and overhead gantries to collect tolls electronically without vehicles stopping at plazas.
    Cities
    Updated 12 days ago

    Development amid dirty air and a changing climate

    Climate crisis
    Ht Insight
    Updated 16 days ago

    Pune ranks 12th in national clean air survey

    Pune secures 12th position nationally in Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 conducted under Centre’s NCAP scoring 183 out of 200 in the category of cities with population of more than one million. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
    Cities
    Published 16 days ago

    Ludhiana drops to 33rd rank in air survey; MC blames it on rising road repairs 

    The city had ranked 31st in 2024 in Category 1, which includes cities with a population above 10 lakh, and 28th in 2023. (HT FILE)
    Cities
    Published 17 days ago

    Delhi LG Sandhu, CM Gupta direct officials to intensify pollution-control measures ahead of winter

    Delhi LG Sandhu, CM Gupta direct officials to intensify pollution-control measures ahead of winter
    Cities
    Updated 18 days ago

    Delhi-NCR to get 55 new air quality monitoring stations, total to reach 157

    The Union environment ministry and CAQM announced the expansion plan in February 2026, when Delhi-NCR had 84 stations.
    India News
    Updated 19 days ago

    Delhi govt launches campaign to boost public participation in curbing air pollution

    Delhi govt launches campaign to boost public participation in curbing air pollution
    Cities
    Updated 21 days ago

    Delhi's new drone plan: Spotting burning, dust, encroachment, emergency response

    The draft policy proposes expanding the use of drones across surveillance, environmental monitoring and emergency response.
    Cities
    Updated 21 days ago

    Mumbai building approvals may be revoked if air pollution norms flouted

    A view of the skyscrapers in the smog at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai.
    Cities
    Updated 22 days ago

    NGT seeks report from Haryana pollution board, ₹1.7-crore still to be recovered from 22 stone-crusher units in Mahendragarh

    <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5.3 crore imposed on 88 units for past violations; one more unit pays after HSPCB’s May report. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 24 days ago

    Costs, infra gaps hindering electrification of school buses: Experts

    Industry and policy experts at the India Clean Transportation Summit (ICTS) 2026 during the session on “Generation E: Electrifying India’s School Bus Fleet”
    Cities
    Updated 24 days ago

    1 year target set for vehicle replacement scheme in Delhi, Haryana, UP

    Ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) secretary V Umashankar said the ministry was targeting 230,000 truck and bus registrations under the scheme within a year, with an interim target of 25,000 registrations by the end of October.
    Cities
    Published 29 days ago

    ‘Results visible next winter’: MoRTH secy on Delhi-NCR fleet renewal scheme

    New Delhi emerged as the most polluted capital, with an annual average of 99.6µg/m³, nearly 20 times the World Health Organization (WHO)’s safe limit, in the annual World Air Quality Report 2025 by IQAir.
    India News
    Published 29 days ago
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