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Why lockdown had little to no effect on global temperatures

The lockdown offered an invaluable test for our theories about how pollutants affect the climate.

Delhi’s air quality deteriorates, several areas record ‘severe’ levels of pollution

Significant increase in stubble fire count was observed around Haryana, Punjab, and neighbouring regions which stood at 1,213 on Thursday.

Stubble burning still a problem, but let’s control Delhi’s internal pollution, says Gopal Rai

New ‘red light on, gaadi off’ campaign will get motorists to switch off engines at stop lights. It is among a host of Delhi govt measures to combat pollution.

How solutions found for space garbage could help fix the plastic problem on Earth

Agencies advise capturing space waste with harpoons, nets or robotic arms and bring it it back to Earth in one piece, a process that can be replicated to gather plastic in the ocean.

Prakash Javadekar says only 4% pollution in Delhi-NCR due to stubble burning

The Environment Minister's statement came as he flagged off 50 teams to inspect pollution hot spots in Delhi-NCR Thursday and urged the Punjab govt to curb stubble burning.

Delhi govt bans electricity generators to curb air pollution, exempts essential services

The essential services include health care facilities, elevators, railway, metro, airports & interstate bus terminals and the data centre run by the National Informatics Centre.

Winter could be colder this year due to weak La Nina conditions, says IMD DG

La Nina conditions are favourable for cold wave conditions, while El Nino conditions are unfavourable for it, IMD director general Mrutunjay Mohapatra said.

Delhi’s air quality hits ‘very poor’ category as AQI crosses 300 mark

New Delhi: The national capital's air quality was in the very poor category on Tuesday morning, the first time this season, with calm winds...

Delhi govt to deploy environment marshals to keep an eye on violations, says minister Rai

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai says agencies that have done construction work should adopt measures to prevent dust pollution, or action will be taken.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?