Pollution  

Union minister Harshvardhan said that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has constituted a 41-member team, which will continuously monitor the air pollution levels and report to the board

According to the authorities, the change in direction of wind has brought about the change. The wind, currently, is flowing from stubble-burning areas in Punjab and Haryana

Delhi-NCR areas like Ghaziabad and Gurgaon recorded 'very poor' air quality at 302 and 336 respectively, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data said. Yesterday, the AQI of Delhi was registered at 259.

India is the sixth largest producer of renewable energy, and fifth largest producer of solar energy in the world, Swaraj said at the high level meeting on climate change at UN General Assembly

The government’s ban on DJ and Dolby sound has generated resentment among some Ganesha mandals (groups which celebrate the festival in public), but the Bombay High Court upheld it earlier this week.
 

Harjinder Singh Kukreja, a restaurateur in Ludhiana made a chocolate Ganapati, immersed it in a vessel of milk for visarjan and then distributed the milkshake among underprivileged children.

A techie and his wife in Bengaluru are recycling the city's flex banners and plastic hoardings into something useful to protect the environment.

Around 32,000 saplings were planted at the venue of the event. Officials said around one lakh students and residents are participating in the campaign at 600 locations across the city to fight air pollution.