Here’s what the national capital needs to do to ensure the residents stop breathing toxic fumes, according to Ankur Bhardwaj. IMAGE: A schoolboy wearing a protective mask looks on from the......
Delhi breathed relatively easy as air quality remained outside the ‘severe plus’ category for third day straight, prompting authorities to withdraw the ban on entry of trucks and......
The Badarpur power plant has been shut, diesel generators banned, hundreds of brick kilns ordered to stop production, and if the air quality worsens, Delhiites may have to shell out more as......
As pollution levels worsened in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said schools in the city will remain closed till Wednesday and announced a raft of "emergency" measures to deal with......
Less congestion in Delhi owing to the odd-even car rationing scheme is shielding people from "direct exposure" to pollutants, especially in and around areas of high car density such as traffic......
Pollution is not merely the price to be paid for growth; it is also a drag on the same growth, notes Vandana Gombar. 'Coal power plants being shut down for polluting the air.' That is hardly the......
Fewer power cuts are likely in India this summer after a surge in output at Coal India helped generators amass record stocks, a turnaround for Narendra Modi who had to battle a power crisis within......
The five-day coal strike entered its second day on Wednesday, causing production loss of an estimated Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion), amid growing fears of a possible power crisis in the event of......
The Cabinet has approved an agreement for widening civil aviation ties with the US. It has also decided to transfer the Badarpur Thermal Power Station to the National Thermal Power Corporationat a......
The Indian Railways is going on an offensive to recover more than Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) owed to it by various state electricity boards.The ministry plans to move the high court against the......