Air pollution in India resulted in 1.67 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 billion in economic losses, according ...

Air pollution consisting of particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, PM2.5, can enter the lungs and bloodstream and is a major health risk in India.

While India's national air pollution control programme, launched in 2017, aims to improve air quality, PM2.5 levels have continued to rise in many parts of the country.

A new study has found a link between in-utero exposure to fine particulate matter and low birth weight and preterm birth in ...

In comparison to this benchmark, our new results indicate that air pollution was linked to 16 million deaths over a decade (or 1.5 million annually). This is considerably higher than the 3.8 ...

The death toll from India’s air pollution is elevated even in cities previously thought to have relatively clean air, underscoring how the problem extends beyond megacities such as Delhi ...

The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday ...

The results show that around 3.8 million deaths over the period can be linked to air pollution levels above India's own air quality guidelines of 40 micrograms per cubic metre.