air pollution

Former IAS officer of Ambala, Vikram Yadav, used unique methods to reduce stubble-burning incidents by approaching farmers with attractive waste management alternatives. After an 80% reduction in farm fires in 2021, a further dip was witnessed this year. Know more.

Four school-going children in Lucknow — Viraj, Garvit, Shreyansh, and Aryav, have manufactured battery-powered electric cars that clean outside air when being driven.

Otrivin through its initiative ‘Pollution Capture Pencils’, is harnessing air pollution from schools to make pencils, and provide cleaner air to students

A survey shows that 94 per cent of women construction workers never raise their voices against air pollution at their workplace for fear of losing their jobs. But they continue to be the party most affected by rising dust levels in the capital.

Warrior Moms, a national citizen action group, is battling for their children’s right to breathe clean air in polluted cities like Delhi, by engaging in urban mobility, waste management, biomass burning, and biodiversity protection.

PI Green Innovations raised $4.5 million to tackle industrial emissions that harm the environment and lead to dangerous respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in humans

IAS officer Vikram Yadav, posted in Ambala, Haryana, has helped cut stubble burning in the district by 80%, by helping farmers use alternate methods to remove, or reuse, wheat and paddy stubble

Delhi-based entrepreneur Vidyut Mohan is the recent recipient of Prince William's Earthshot prize, also known as the 'Eco Oscars', for his low-cost, portable device that processes stubble waste into fertilisers, activated carbon, and charcoal.

Pune-based Sandeepa Kanitkar, founder of Kan Biosys, has created 16 products that have helped farmers improve soil fertility and control pests for over three decades

IIT-Madras alumni, Deepthi Nathala's fabric ‘Hecoll’—abbreviation for ‘Healthy Cover For All’—claims to block 99% UV rays, filter 95% pollution and inhibits viruses and bacteria upon contact.