New Delhi: Delhi has emerged as the world’s most polluted city in a new study which has also found that its residents are on track to lose 11.9 years of life if the current levels of pollution persist. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago…
Chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may increase non-lung cancer risk in older adults, new research has warned. The study of millions of Medicare beneficiaries by Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and published in Environmental Epidemiology, found that exposures to PM2.5 and NO2 over a 10-year…
With the Indian government’s commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2070, and strategies around reducing emissions, increased adoption of electric vehicles is viewed as part of the solution. Electric vehicles have the potential to reshape the transportation sector in the country, drastically cutting carbon emissions and clearing the way for significant climate progress. Electric mobility…