Faced with rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Centre has introduced a new law through an ordinance that puts in place a powerful oversight body and provides for up to five years of jail term...
Delhi breathed poison on Wednesday with pollutants touching calamitous levels, as a thick grey smog hung low across the region, prompting authorities to declare schools shut till Sunday, halt...
The Supreme Court on Friday appointed retired apex court judge Justice Madan B Lokur as a one-man committee to take steps for preventing stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which...
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...
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...
Most of the leading vehicle manufacturers were before the court, though their stand was not identical and sometimes contradictory. The Supreme Court on Monday asked motor vehicle manufacturers to...
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...
The fact is that BS-IV vehicles, particularly diesel trucks, are much less polluting than BS-III ones, says Sunita Narain. Why this huge fuss? I am talking about the automobile...
'Indian captain has confirmed that the team was fine and had a full outdoor training session without any issue.' IMAGE: The Indian players during their training session at the Arun Jaitley stadium...
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