-PTI/ Newsclick.in Air Pollution -- both household and ambient -- was responsible for the greatest number of deaths at 6.67 million worldwide. New Delhi: India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to Pollution of all types -- including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by air Pollution -- in 2019, the highest among all countries globally, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.   The majority of air Pollution related...

-NDTV blog A huge part of India - northwest and central - has just experienced its hottest April on record. This is not just another heatwave. This is what scientists have been warning for decades, that global warming will lead to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events. And frequent spells of heatwaves. This time though something seems to have changed. A climate emergency has led to immediate repercussions outside the...

-PTI/ The Wire Science New Delhi: Days after the fire at the Ghazipur landfill site sent Pollution levels in nearby areas soaring, experts on Wednesday said authorities need to speed up the bioremediation of legacy waste at such sites in the capital and build an extensive infrastructure to avoid dumping of fresh wet waste into landfills to prevent such instances. The Delhi government’s Department of Environment has blamed the East Delhi Municipal...

-IndiaToday.in Ghazipur landfill fire: The Delhi government has ordered a probe to find the cause of the fire raging at the Ghazipur landfill. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has ordered the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to investigate the cause of the fire at the Ghazipur landfill site. Instructions have been issued to submit a report after investigating all aspects of the incident in 24 hours. Strict action will be taken against those...

-The Telegraph The report stated that the Indian subcontinent was the most polluted region of the world during 2021 Kolkata was the second most polluted metro city in India and 60th most polluted city in the world in 2021. The city’s annual PM (particulate matter) 2.5 level, the most toxic ultrafine particulate, was nearly 12 times above the limit set by the World Health Organization, says a recently released international report on air...