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Untreated sewage flows into Pallikaranai marshland

Residents complain of suffocation after open landfill site catches fire near Gudiyatham

At present, 25-30 metric tonnes of garbage, including domestic waste, are dumped at the landfill site everyย day

IMD forecasts heatwave for Delhi, minimum temperature 2.7ยฐC above normal

The air quality in the capital was recorded in the โ€˜moderateโ€™ category at 9 a.m. on Thursday (April 23, 2026), with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 191, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed

The fluff stops here: Beijingโ€™s battle against the green wall โ€˜snowstormโ€™

Beijing residents are once again bracing for a seasonal nuisance that has become something of a tradition: the cityโ€™s annual โ€œsnowstormโ€ of willow and poplar catkins. The catkins are essentially seeds from female willow and poplar trees, encased in downy fibres. After pollination in spring, the female trees produce seed pods that split open upon ripening, releasing the fluffy seeds to disperse in the wind. The wisps absorb bacteria, pollen and dust from the air, triggering respiratory and skin...

Officials directed to expedite bio-mining of legacy waste in Kurnool

Toothless ban: Single-use plastic rules 84% of surveyed sites in four cities

A New Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy organisation studied 560 locations in Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Guwahati, and Mumbai

Where waste accumulates and river Adyar โ€˜weepsโ€™

Two Chennai residents find themselves carrying out a cleanliness audit of a 400-metre riverside in Gandhinagar, Adyar. A WRD official notes that the waste on this river trail could be the result of back flow