During May 2018, the national capital region and parts of North India were lashed by three strong dust storms in quick succession. The dust storms led to significant changes inContinue Reading
Most vocational training programmes focus on mechanical/technical skills rather than ‘soft’ or ‘green’ skills. Green skills contribute to preserving or restoring environmental quality for sustainable future and include jobs thatContinue Reading
In a global plastic audit spanning 42 countries and six continents for which more than 187,000 pieces of plastic trash were audited apart from identifying thousands of brands that useContinue Reading
While many in history have made apocalyptic predictions that have so far failed to materialize but a computer program which was developed my Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) way back inContinue Reading
According to The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, pollution caused nine million deaths in 2015 – three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined – scientists said onContinue Reading
Crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for worsening air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region. Now a new study by scientists working in the USContinue Reading
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) is serious on freeing Punjab from the pollution due to stubble burning and so every possible effort is being considered for the same. Currently,Continue Reading
A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution, so that by winter thisContinue Reading
