-The Indian Express Here is a look at the elevated pollution levels and the health risks they subject us to. Delhi: The good news: Pollutants, especially particulate matter — PM10 and PM2.5, dispersed fast this Diwali in Delhi, riding on favourable weather conditions. The bad news: Air quality nosedived despite the favourable conditions. Noise levels spiked too.  Here is a look at the elevated pollution levels and the health risks they subject us...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Anti-cracker campaigns by the central and Delhi governments appeared to have made no significant impact as the capital celebrated another dirty Diwali, with fireworks well into the night, leaving the city's air choked with alarmingly high levels of pollution. Real time data showed levels of coarse pollution particles (PM 10) peak up to 19 times the national safe standard for 24 hours and levels of fine,...

-The Hindu Chennai had the highest proportion of ‘severe’ days based on AQI Official air quality data for the first half of this year shows that while Delhi does indeed face high levels of air pollution, Kanpur, Varanasi and Chennai are worse off. Averaging across the ten pollution monitoring stations in the city, a little over a quarter of the days from January to June this year in Delhi had an Air Quality...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: India's apex pollution control agency is about to take on the role of "Big Brother" for industries, acquiring the capability for 24-hour surveillance of select factories through a network of sensors, communication channels and cameras. The Union environment and forests ministry has launched a nationwide pollution tracking system that will allow the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to continuously monitor the gas and liquid effluents discharged by select...

-PTI New Delhi: A bench headed by U D Salvi, after taking suo moto cognisance of a newspaper report, issued notices to Delhi government, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the four municipal corporations to reply to the malady of the citizens. The appalling picture of water supply in the capital has prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek...