Smoking as a habit is often frowned upon, it is horrible for your lungs and those of people around you. However, as per a new study, there's something even worse for your health - Air pollution.

Air pollution: A silent threat deadlier than smoking and alcohol, reveals new study

Amidst escalating concerns over deteriorating air quality, Indonesian officials have announced a series of measures aimed at tackling the pressing issue of pollution in Jakarta, the nation's capital.

Emission tests and remote work: Indonesia capital Jakarta's new plans to tackle pollution

Almost the entire world's population (99 per cent) breaths air that is polluted beyond World Health Organization (WHO) standards, posing a health risk. People in low and middle-income countries are exposed to the highest levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide.

WHO raises alarm; 99% of world population breathing polluted air

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, every day around 93 per cent of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk.

Opinion | Air pollution and child health: Time to act is now!

In Europe, the number of premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution has declined 10 per cent annually, but it still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths annually, according to the European Environment Agency.

'Invisible Killer': Air pollution in Europe still kills 300,000 a year

A group of scientists have claimed that more exposure to air pollution would directly lead to increased mental health issues. The research was conducted on nearly 13,000 people living in London.

Air pollution leads to increased mental illness and decreases intelligence: Study

NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) pollution has increased in all eight of India's most populated cities, according to Greenpeace India's satellite observation-based study. This study was a direct comparison of NO2 levels of April 2020 and April 2021, thus juxtaposing the total lockdown month with a partial normalcy month.

Indian cities witnessed spike in NO2 pollution between April 2020 and 2021: Report

According to a new study, one in 15 lost pregnancies in South Asia is due to air pollution. The polluted air starts choking a baby even before birth. It causes miscarriages and foetal deaths.

Air pollution causes stillbirths and miscarriages in South Asia, says study

A London court has ruled that nine-year-old died Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died in nation's capital due to air pollution as it made "made a material contribution" to her death.

In a first, UK court rules nine-year-old girl died due to air pollution

Over 1.2 million people died in India due to air pollution in 2017, said a global report on air pollution. As per the State of Global Air 2019, overall long-term exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution contributed to nearly 5 million deaths from stroke, diabetes, heart attack, lung cancer, and chronic lung disease in 2017.

Over 1.2 million early deaths in India due to air pollution: Report

Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released on Monday.

Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe, 8.8 million worldwide: Study

One in eight deaths in India due to air pollution: Study

Over one lakh children under five years of age died in India in 2016 due to exposure to toxic air, according to a new WHO study which noted that about 98 per cent of children in the same age group in low- and middle-income countries were exposed to air pollution.

Over 100,000 Indian children under 5 died from air pollution in 2016: WHO

About 98 per cent of children under the age of five years in low- and middle-income countries, which include nations like India, were exposed to air pollution caused by finer particulate matters in 2016, according to a World Health Organisation study released Monday.

98% under-5 children in India, other countries exposed to toxic air pollution, says WHO

Asia will account for almost 90 per cent of the rise in deaths

Death by pollution: Air pollution to kill millions more without change in policy, says International Energy Agency