The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for making the environment protection law "toothless", and said the provision under the CAQM Act which deals with penalty for stubble burning was......
Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Tuesday after 24 days, with many areas witnessing a significant spike in pollution despite the strictest measures, including a ban on......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Punjab and Haryana governments over the non-prosecution of violators found guilty of stubble burning while summoning the state chief secretaries to......
Delhi's air quality worsened further on Saturday, with many areas in the "severe" category, even as authorities intensified their action by imposing penalties of around Rs 5.85 crore on the first......
Delhi's air quality took a turn for the worse on Monday, with areas like Dwarka, Mundka and Najafgarh recording a maximum AQI of 500 in the afternoon. IMAGE: Joggers at the Kartavya Path near......
In response to the Supreme Court’s (SC’s) strong stance on unchecked environmental violations, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced new rules......
Air quality index (AQI) soared past 350 level in parts of Delhi on Thursday and experts cautioned that as weather turns colder it may breach the 400-mark ceiling and enter the ‘severe’......
In December 2016, the Supreme Court directed the central government to have a graded action plan to tackle the menace of air pollution. There are two plans - Comprehensive Action Plan and Graded......
Maharashtra has the maximum polluting industries in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh, Environment and Forest Minister T R Baalu informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. In a written reply, Baalu said......
Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest insurer of the country, has over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) in tax demand pending against it, the biggest across various categories.The list of......
'If 20,000 people in the stands did not have problem and the Indian team did not face any issue, I wonder why Sri Lankan team made a big fuss. I will need to talk to the secretary and ask him to......
The BCCI and DDCA officials are now hoping that the city's poor air quality doesn't become an issue during Sunday's first T20 International. IMAGE: Sri Lanka's players wear masks during the third......
IMAGE: Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim walks amidst smog during a practice session at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Authorities handed out free......