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Pollution control body likely to announce stricter steps as Delhi records season’s worst air quality

The measures could include banning construction work at night in Delhi-NCR from 26 to 30 October and closure of industries without piped natural gas.

Why Kejriwal and Modi govt can’t agree on source of Delhi’s air pollution

As Kejriwal dismisses Modi govt’s data that stubble burning causes just 10% of Delhi’s pollution, ThePrint on why there is such confusion on the source of the capital's chronic winter problem. 

Delhi lesson for Mumbai Metro — 43,700 trees cut, but 36 lakh tonnes of carbon sucked out

Mumbai's Aarey Dairy Colony row has brought the environment vs development debate to centrestage. Delhi Metro has a few tips.

Climate change spells doom, but we’re all going to be okay ⁠— Why denial is survival

How people react to climate change is similar to the way people have reacted to nuclear weapons and human rights abuses.

Are SUVs cooking the planet? There’s both less & more to Energy Agency analysis

The combination of a growing global vehicle fleet and preference for bigger cars means that emissions from liquid road fuels can be expected to keep rising.

To prevent climate change, measure development differently

The world still looks at human progress in exclusively economic terms. Depletion of earth’s resources won’t change unless we link climate to economic progress.

Water no longer a developing-world problem: It’s become an everyone, everywhere problem

There's no demand-supply gap, only poor allocation choices. The wealthy will have access to water, and the poor will pay more for water of questionable quality.

Kejriwal cites Thunberg speech to support climate change cause at C-40 summit

The Delhi CM, denied permission by Modi govt to attend the conference in Copenhagen, interacted with leaders at the summit through video conference.

Greta Thunberg going radical won’t help Planet Earth

Climate activist Greta Thunberg appears to have crossed the line between eliciting sympathy and emanating menace.

This ‘seed warrior’ is collecting & preserving India’s rare, indigenous rice species

But India’s native rice species are disappearing fast: decreasing from around 1 lakh different strains to just 7,000 since the 1970s.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

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.