As the air quality in India's capital New Delhi and surrounding regions remain severe due to pollution, people lean towards buying air purifiers that can be very expensive also.

Delhi air pollution: Should you even consider buying air purifiers? Senior Indian doctor explains risks

New Delhi's Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, announced that the primary schools in India's capital city will reopen from Wednesday (November 9) as there is a slight improvement in the air quality in the region.

Delhi air pollution: Primary schools to reopen, truck entry ban also lifted

The air pollution is one of the most environmental health crises of our times and according to the United Nations, it is in fact responsible for an estimated 7 million premature deaths every single year. Meanwhile, it is not less than a punishment to live in the national capital with this pollution.

Delhi's air pollution: Thick smog covers India's capital, AQI in 'severe' category

WION Dispatch | India: Pollution choking New Delhi again, thick smog covers national capital

According to a new report published by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute, nearly the entire African continent faces some of the most severe health impacts in the world due to air pollution, with several countries experiencing some of the highest levels of air pollution in the world (HEI).

Over one million deaths in Africa linked to air pollution exposure: Report

India's capital has recorded clean air after Diwali with 30% less air pollution than last year. High wind speed has helped maintain better air quality this year.

WION Climate Tracker: New Delhi records 30% less air pollution than last year post Diwali

Bursting of firecrackers on Diwali in Delhi will attract a jail term of up to six months and a fine of Rs 200, environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. Production, storage and sale of firecrackers in the national capital will be punishable with a fine of up to Rs 5,000 and three years' jail under Section 9B of the Explosives Act, the minister told a press conference here.

Six months jail for bursting firecrackers in NCR on Diwali: Delhi environment minister

Toxic air pollution particles have been found in the lungs and brain of unborn babies. Experts say pollution in womb can interfere with a foetus' growth, even result in a still birth. The question is- how did pollutants from the air reach the womb? Listen in to Molly Gambhir.

Gravitas: Air pollution particles found in lungs of unborn babies

According to a new study, long before the child has taken the first breaths, air pollution particles have been found in the lungs, liver, brain of unborn babies, potentially posing lifelong health consequences.

WION Climate Tracker | Air Pollution: Life long health concerns for the unborn

A recent alarming discovery has revealed that toxic air particles have been found in the lungs, brains, and livers of even unborn children. The study was published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.

New study alarmingly finds toxic air particles in lungs and brains of unborn babies

A newly published research has revealed how air pollution can cause lung cancer in individuals who have never smoked in their lives. The findings of the research could help the medical industry in preventing and treating tumours by rewriting our understanding of them.

Air pollution activates dormant cancer genes in non-smokers, reveals a breakthrough study

Climate change-related heatwaves and wildfires are predicted to be more frequent and intense, which will impair air quality and harm ecosystems and human health, the UN warned on Wednesday (September 7).

Global warming to fuel heatwaves, wildfires, triggering more air pollution: UN

With winters coming along with noxious smog, the Indian government is promoting a motorcycle helmet with filters and a fan at the back, saying it can remove 80 per cent of the pollutants.

State-funded helmet claims to help bicyclists’ breath fresh air in Delhi’s winter smog

Air pollution is certainly not a good thing. Now, a finding by a UK government committee says that air pollution may raise the risk of Dementia, said The Guardian.

Air pollution may increase possibility of Dementia, says report

According to government research, air pollution may make dementia more likely to occur. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants examined nearly 70 research that examined the long-term effects of exposure to pollutants on the brain before publishing its conclusions.

UK researchers indicate air pollution 'likely' to increase risk of dementia

India experienced not just more heat this summer, but more air pollution too. A new analysis reveals that India's national capital New Delhi saw a rise in air pollution during summers in 2022 compared to 2021 with the city's particulate matter levels significantly breaching the permissible limits, a new analysis said on Wednesday.

New Delhi's air pollutants five times higher than permissible limit: Analysis

A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) has revealed that pollution is linked to more than 10 per cent of cancer cases in Europe. 2.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the European Union and 1.

New report reveals pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe

Climate change is not only affecting our surroundings but also our body. It is the biggest threat to human health. To know more about some of the impacts of climate change on our body, watch this report.

Effects of climate change lead to food shortage | Air Pollution can cause infertility

Air pollution is the most serious threat to human health in India. According to the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC), Delhi is the world's most polluted city, with air pollution shortening lives by about 10 years in Delhi and 9.

Air pollution shortens lives by almost 10 years in this Indian city

A study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has suggested that men contribute more to air pollution compared to women. The study, “Understanding the mitigation potential of sustainable urban transport measures across income and gender groups”, observed that men tend to use personal transport more than women when their income rises.

Men are bigger contributors to air pollution than women, says study

Uganda's capital Kampala which is home to two million people ranks among the world's most polluted cities. Pollution levels in the capital are up to seven times higher than the World health Organization's safe standards

Unprecedented air pollution in Kampala

Covid-19 has killed nearly 6 million people worldwide. But air pollution is killing nearly 9 million people in a year, as per a report in The Lancet. Africa is the worst hit country while India top the list of most deaths due to pollution.

This is killing more people than coronavirus

Air pollution has been a problem plaguing the world for quite some time now and countries all around the world are trying their best to combat the serious problem.

Reducing harmful air pollution can lead to a greater number of hurricanes, study finds

Air pollution is a major for all and it is not just the cars but many factors that contribute to air pollution. Watch this report to know more.

It's not just the cars, many factors contribute to air pollution

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