'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.' IMAGE: The Signature Bridge in New Delhi is......

'Air Pollution Leads To Type 2 Diabetes'

'Pollution acts as an endocrine disruptor.''When it acts as an endocrine disruptor it has an effect on the endocrine system of the human body and the effect on the pancreas is an important......

PIX: India celebrates Festival of Lights

Buildings were decorated with earthen lamps and colourful lights as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Sunday and a relatively better air quality than in previous years......

Bihar to 'name and shame' farmers who burn crop residue

Amid rising air pollution caused by the burning of crop residue, the Bihar government has decided to identify farmers who are indulging in this practice and put up their names at the block offices,......

Ban on single-use plastic kicks in from July 1

As the ban on certain single-use plastic items kicks in from Friday, state governments will initiate an enforcement campaign and close down units engaging in production, distribution, stocking and......

Climate deal emerges at COP26, India intervenes on fossil fuel

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded its extra time plenary on Saturday with a deal, which recognises India's......

'Scrapping centres will be an industry'

'Our automakers export 50 per cent of what they manufacture and once the policy comes into play, which is in the next 2-3 years, we would become a Rs 10 trillion industry.' IMAGE: A wrecked car is......

How FM plans to tackle air pollution and save environment

The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and......

Watch Samantha's Shaakuntalam on OTT

Sonakshi Sinha's Dahaad isn't the only noise you'll hear on OTT this week. From Hrithik Roshan's mind games in Vikram Vedha to South Korea's biggest blockbuster of 2023 so far, Sukanya Verma lists......

Why is Janhvi Kapoor sorry?

Bollywood stars celebrate Earth Day with stunning pictures, beautiful messages and quotes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor: I'm sorry for every time I didn't value......

Coming soon: Battery-powered masks for Indian athletes

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Kiren Rijiju Official/Twitter Claiming to be the best in ensuring optimum oxygen for the wearer, battery-operated masks designed by an IIT-Kharagpur alumni will be put on......

Rohit takes dig at ICC after 'best pull shot poll' tweet

IMAGE: The International Cricket Council’s collage of Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, Herschelle Gibbs and Virat Kohli playing the pull shot on Twitter. Photograph: ICC/Twitter India's......

Djokovic crosses fingers for clean air at Melbourne Park

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic at a training session on Saturday. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters Defending champion Novak Djokovic says he was saddened by the sight of players and......

B'desh players continue to train with masks as air quality worsens

'It is not perfect with all the smog around. But it's the same for both teams' IMAGE: Bangladesh cricketers Al-Amin Hossain, Liton Das and Abu Hider Rony, wear masks to protect themselves from......

Itchy eyes, sore throat but Bangladesh OK with Delhi air

'It's only three hours so it's going to be easy. There maybe scratchy eyes, sore throat but that's okay. No one is dying.' IMAGE: Bangladeshi cricketers, wearing masks to protect themselves from......