Air pollution has a significant correlation with adverse health outcomes, including respiratory ailments and increased ...

India's approach to addressing household air pollution, a significant contributor to PM2.5 levels and health risks, is highlighted at the WHO conference. Kalpana Balakrishnan advocates for investment ...

Air quality index is used by government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air is. Public health risks increase as the AQI rises. Eight pollutants namely particulate matter PM10, ...

Yet six of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India. The capital, New Delhi, maintained consistently high pollution levels, with an annual average of 91.6 µg/m³, nearly unchanged from 92.7 ...

Air quality index is used by government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air is. Public health risks increase as the AQI rises. Eight pollutants namely particulate matter PM10, ...

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities. By Lisa Friedman The Trump administration intends to eliminate ...

In India, air pollution is still a major health risk; estimates indicate that it shortens life expectancy by 5.2 years on average. Long-term exposure to PM2.5 pollution was associated with over 1. ...

in its 2024 World Air Quality Report, placed Pakistan behind Chad and Bangladesh in global pollution rankings. The Democratic Republic of Congo and India followed in fourth and fifth place ...

India's average AQI, 50.6 μg/m3, is ten times higher than the annual PM2.5 guideline value of 5 μg/m3, mentioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO). As per the report, the air pollution in India ...

Air pollution remains a significant health burden in India, reducing life expectancy by an estimated 5.2 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that air pollution kills around 7 million ...

Only seven countries in the world met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for annual average PM2.5 levels, according to the 2024 World Air Quality Report ... is over 11 times the WHO ...

Six of the world’s top 10 most polluted cities are still in India, highlighting the country’s severe air pollution crisis. Stricter emissions regulations for industrial units. A dedicated ...