pollution

Bhubaneswar: Concerned over deteriorating air quality in the country, a 22-year-old entrepreneur from Odisha has come forward to fighting air pollution. To accomplish his mission, Harsha Vardhan has set up a manufacturing unit of…

Cuttack: Other than crowd, Bali Jatra is infamous for the dusty air from the riverbed. Masks, hence, are everywhere. Apart from cheap masks, there are innovative invisible filters and plug-in filters made by bigger established players as…

Private weather forecasting agency Skymet reported that air pollution in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday had soared to 'hazardous' category with the AQI touching 306 for Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) near Jaydev Vihar. However, this was refuted…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to launch an intensive awareness campaign against pollution in all civic body areas. The decision was taken at a meeting of the State Assembly House Committee on Environment on Tuesday.…

Bhubaneswar: The sea water quality in Odisha's Paradip is 'poor' and Dhamra 'very poor', according to a report by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) on the water quality index (WQI) at coastal regions in the country. While…

Angul: A mobile van conducting pollution test of vehicles was slapped with a fine of Rs 17800 here on Tuesday. The Regional Transport Office (RTO), Angul, imposed the penalty following allegation that it was issuing Pollution Under Control…

Vast tracts of the Amazon forest—the ‘lungs’ of our planet—are on fire. Forest fires in Brazil have been spewing smoke since the beginning of this year, with the country’s most populous city of Sao Paulo being the worst hit. According to…

Bhubaneswar: The water of major rivers and their distributaries and tributaries in Odisha is highly polluted, says a report by the Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board (OWSSB). The Mahanadi is particularly very polluted near the…

New Delhi: With growing air pollution in the country, technology giant Xiaomi launched an air filtering mask here on Thursday. The mask named Mi AirPOP PM2.5 Anti-Pollution Mask is priced at Rs 249 for a pack of 2 and the company claims…