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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Topic: air pollution

Delhi-NCR families seeking treatment for pollution-related illness doubled in a week: Survey

LocalCircles survey last week had shown 22% respondents saying they had visited a doctor or hospital for such illnesses. This week, the number is 44%.

History must acknowledge Chandragupta the Great, and cows now turn to earning notes

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Mixed bag’ Glasgow Pact shows rich, historical emitters’ hypocrisy of villanising India

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SC flags ‘cocktail of pollution, Covid & dengue’, proposes 2-day lockdown to clear Delhi air

A special bench of three judges — led by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana — stressed the need for an emergent intervention to tackle Delhi’s air quality, citing the reopening of schools.

Why November has brought back Delhi pollution with a vengeance after ‘cleaner’ October

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Saw a less polluted and more breathable October than usual? But found the toxic demons of Delhi winter return with a vengeance...

80% Delhi-NCR families have at least 1 member ailing due to air pollution, new survey says

A survey of 34,000 families by LocalCircles shows how this pollution has affected families, and adds that they are considering significant lifestyle changes. 

Delhi has two smog towers, but here’s why they are unlikely to help fight air pollution

The 2 smog towers — one in Connaught Place and the other in Anand Vihar — became functional in September. Delhi Environment Minister said the towers filter out 80% of particulate matter in the air.

India’s MSME sector largest after China’s. But no one is talking about its role in emissions

Adopting bold measures to transition to clean energy by India’s small businesses would enable them to compete in the global market.

Coal expansion could cause over 52,000 premature deaths in India in 10 years, study says

The study says coal fleet expansion could result in 31,300 preterm births, 46,800 asthma emergency hospital visits in the cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, and Delhi.

Study links air pollution to nearly 6 million premature births worldwide in 2019

Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal mortality affecting over 15 million infants, according to US study that quantified the pollution effects using data from 204 countries.

On Camera

Goans are turning their anger toward migrants now

The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.