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 ...

Cancer risk is not always due to an unhealthy lifestyle, sometimes it hides in small packets. A packet of gutkha in a shop, a cigarette between two fingers, a drink at the end of a long day, and the ...

BENGALURU, June 13 (Reuters) - An Indian pollution regulator ⁠has ⁠alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components ⁠factory for Apple's iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms ...

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together comprise the National Capital Region (NCR), has been alarming in recent weeks. The problem is not new; it has been a recurring phenomenon largely ...

India is now challenging China for a dubious distinction: home of the most toxic air on the planet. Given ubiquitous smoggy photos of Beijing and environs, it’s probably no shock to anyone that China ...

People holding banners and posters protest against Delhi’s poor air quality and demand that the government take action to curb pollution, New Delhi, India, Nov. 9, 2025. Credit: X/CPIML Liberation On ...

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 ...