Aerosols in the air reduced the amount of solar power generated in India by 9.6% in 2023, equivalent to around 15 terawatt-hours (TWh), according to a new analysis published in Nature Sustainability.

Twenty-one of the world's 30 most polluted cities are in India, according to IQAir's 2019 world air quality report. The company's ranking of the most polluted cities comes as President Trump is in ...

New Delhi — Authorities in India's sprawling capital city imposed even stricter emergency measures Monday in a bid to prevent illness as thick smog blanketed New Delhi. The air pollution was even ...

As India’s attempt to represent the Global South in conversations with the Global North on climate change takes center stage, there is a clear need to take action at home. In November 2024, during the ...

Nov. 18 (UPI) --India's capital region of Delhi has virtually shut down as air pollution hit "severe plus" levels, according to Indian government officials in its pollution control authority Delhi's ...

India is the third most polluted country in the world, largely due to its extraordinarily high levels of air pollution. While seven out of 10 Indians are exposed to noxious air, pregnant women and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. India and Pakistan are losing ground to a common deadly enemy. Vast clouds of dense, ...

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath has flagged pollution as a far more serious economic threat to India than trade-related challenges, calling for the issue to be ...

In India, much of the population breathes air that is 10 times more polluted than what the World Health Organization considers safe. In a study released in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Yale ...

NEW DELHI — India imposed stricter anti-pollution measures in its capital, New Delhi, and adjoining areas on Tuesday, as the air quality deteriorated to “severe” levels, the government body ...