
New Delhi: With pollution levels rising across the country, India on Wednesday revised the national ambient air quality standards after 15 years, bringing about uniform standards for residential and industrial areas. "We have notified the ambient air quality standards in India which is equivalent to the European level and exceeds the standard prevalent in the US," said Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. The revised ambient air...

09:10 PM, Nov 18, 2009

New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), on Sunday, released figures of how fire-cracker triggered pollution has affected the air we breathe post Diwali. Firecrackers burst during Diwali celebrations are major contributors to air pollution and sound pollution. Director, CPCB, Dr Santosh D Makhijani said, "Of the nine locations we monitored in Delhi for noise, (we found that) the noise level has gone up at three locations and come...

08:02 AM, Oct 19, 2009