Northern India Pollution

Days after an oil spill in northern pockets of Chennai - a city limping back to normalcy after flooding due to Cyclone Michaung - the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited have begun a blame game.

Delhi and the Northern region of India is currently experiencing poor air quality. This calls for healthy food to boost immunity.

Kadha for lung health: Here's an expert-recommended concoction that may help combat the hazardous air quality in Delhi and other parts of Northern India.

"There is massive pollution, in particular in northern Indian cities like Delhi that are very polluted. India is facing climate change and is more vulnerable to climate change than the United States," Mr Solheim said.

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as the government order fixes that do little to clear the air.

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that stubble burning is not the major cause of worsening air quality in Delhi and northern states, as it contributes to only 10 per cent of the pollution.

Pollution has been hitting dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, in a sharp deterioration from October when people breathed the cleanest air in four years.

Delhi Air Pollution: A study led by researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has found chloride to be primarily responsible for haze and fog formation in Northern India including the National capital Delhi.

The air quality in most parts of Kolkata deteriorated to ''very poor'', while it turned ''severe'' in the northern parts of the metropolis on Friday, a West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) official said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board to recover a fine of Rs 71.62 lakh from Northern Railways noting that it has failed to stop air pollution around the Shakurbasti railway station due to loading and unloading of cement.

Air pollution over northern India has plummeted to a 20-year-low for this time of the year, according to satellite data published by US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

More than 100 trains were running late due to fog in Delhi which affected rail traffic under the Northern Railways with delays of up to two hours, officials said on Friday.

The Union Environment Ministry will hold a high-level meeting on Monday over the alarming pollution levels in Delhi and nearby areas with top officials of the states in the region.

With the air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas hovering in the "severe" and "very poor" categories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the pollution situation in northern India.

Scientists have developed a new forecasting system that they say can provide residents of New Delhi and other heavily polluted areas of northern India critical information for reducing their exposure to potentially unhealthy air.

Days after an oil spill in northern pockets of Chennai - a city limping back to normalcy after flooding due to Cyclone Michaung - the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited have begun a blame game.

Delhi and the Northern region of India is currently experiencing poor air quality. This calls for healthy food to boost immunity.

Kadha for lung health: Here's an expert-recommended concoction that may help combat the hazardous air quality in Delhi and other parts of Northern India.

"There is massive pollution, in particular in northern Indian cities like Delhi that are very polluted. India is facing climate change and is more vulnerable to climate change than the United States," Mr Solheim said.

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as the government order fixes that do little to clear the air.

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that stubble burning is not the major cause of worsening air quality in Delhi and northern states, as it contributes to only 10 per cent of the pollution.

Pollution has been hitting dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, in a sharp deterioration from October when people breathed the cleanest air in four years.

Delhi Air Pollution: A study led by researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has found chloride to be primarily responsible for haze and fog formation in Northern India including the National capital Delhi.

The air quality in most parts of Kolkata deteriorated to ''very poor'', while it turned ''severe'' in the northern parts of the metropolis on Friday, a West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) official said.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board to recover a fine of Rs 71.62 lakh from Northern Railways noting that it has failed to stop air pollution around the Shakurbasti railway station due to loading and unloading of cement.

Air pollution over northern India has plummeted to a 20-year-low for this time of the year, according to satellite data published by US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

More than 100 trains were running late due to fog in Delhi which affected rail traffic under the Northern Railways with delays of up to two hours, officials said on Friday.

The Union Environment Ministry will hold a high-level meeting on Monday over the alarming pollution levels in Delhi and nearby areas with top officials of the states in the region.

With the air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas hovering in the "severe" and "very poor" categories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the pollution situation in northern India.

Scientists have developed a new forecasting system that they say can provide residents of New Delhi and other heavily polluted areas of northern India critical information for reducing their exposure to potentially unhealthy air.