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    India capital to temporarily restrict cars to curb pollution

    13 Sep 2019

    Indian authorities on Friday announced a plan to restrict the movement of private cars in the capital for nearly two weeks after a major Hindu festival that features fireworks that cloak the area with toxic smog and dust.

    Cutting household fuel can save lives in India

    07 May 2019

    The household emissions from cooking, space heating, water heating and lighting are responsible for as much as 30 per cent of the annual PM 2.5 exposure, according to modelling studies jointly conducted by scientists from IIT Delhi, University of California, Urban Emissions and University of Illinois at Urbana.

    Early retirement of power plants will help meet targets

    05 Jul 2019

    The power plants, factories, vehicles and appliances in use today could make it all but impossible to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord unless some are retired ahead of schedule, according to an exhaustive new analysis of the world’s energy infrastructure. If allowed to operate for the rest of their expected

    Let’s remove glamour from the car industry — and save our cities too

    04 Aug 2019

    A spell has been cast over our streets. Cars hold such an enchanted place in our society that we structure entire cities and housing developments around them, devote vast sums of public money to the roads they need to move around on, and celebrate the companies that make them.

    Air pollution is a big killer in India

    24 Apr 2019

    A recent report ‘State of Global Air 2019’, by the US-based Health Effects Institute, revealed that over 12 lakh deaths in India were caused by air pollution. The burden of Type 2 diabetes contributed by exposure to fine particulate pollution is the highest in India, according to the report. Air pollution lowers insulin sensitivity, contributing to diabetes.

    Avoid ‘plastic’ mugs if you can

    07 Jun 2019

    It is widely reported that laughter is the best medicine. Now I think I have a reason to check the veracity of that claim (“Humans consume ‘tens of thousands’ of plastic pieces,” June 6, Gulf Today). After I read that report, I deliberated between being worried and having a good laugh. I chose the latter because I felt that laughing

    Waste pollution must be stopped

    07 Jun 2019

    The report that humans eat and breathe in tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year is shocking, to say the least. New research has raised fresh questions over how plastic waste could directly impact our health. Canadian scientists scrutinised hundreds of data sets on microplastic

    Nepal orders the closure of schools due to air pollution

    30 Mar 2021

    With a population of 30 million people, Nepal is located in the Himalayas between China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters.

    Resilient coal could lead to more global warming

    16 Jan 2021

    Despite warnings to humans, fossil fuels continue to remain steadfast and have damaging consequences. Burning of coal, for instance, not only leads to air pollution but deaths too.

    China to launch public platform to track, crack down on polluters

    06 Feb 2021

    A total of 2.36 million companies, industrial facilities and institutions in China are legally obliged to obtain permits to emit pollutants like sulphur dioxide or wastewater.

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