scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicAir purifier

Topic: air purifier

Air pollution kills — but indoor purifiers can harm you too, this UK report says

Despite their scientific-sounding names, air-cleaning technologies don't remove all the indoor air pollutants and many even generate undesirable chemicals like ozone.

No, AAP govt is not the first one to install a smog tower in India

A smog tower installed near the Shivaji Stadium Metro station by the Delhi govt has been touted by it as the first in India. But there are already such towers in India.

How to buy the right air purifier? Here is your guide

With the air quality consistently going down, every home will require an air purifier soon.

No, the filter from your air purifier can’t be recycled

To be effective against high pollution levels, purifiers need to run almost constantly and their filters need replacing every few months. Those components often wind up in a landfill.

All about ‘Air Doctor’ — the personal sanitiser pouch worn by Army chief Gen. Naravane

Companies that manufacture the air-purifier packages claim they can offer protection against airborne afflictions such as influenza, cold and flu, allergy, but not Covid.

Godrej is now selling ‘clean air’ with its Gurugram flats

Godrej claims its apartments have 10 times purer air than outside, but they also cost a few lakhs more than standard apartments in the same Gurugram sector.

No study has yet proven health benefits of pollution masks, air purifiers

Experts say that masks and purifiers do reduce effect of particulate matter but their health benefits are still under a cloud.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.