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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
TopicAir pollution

Topic: air pollution

Indian Forest Service has to change. Begin by calling it Indian Environment Service

As climate risks move from forests to cities, India needs a dedicated environmental cadre that can bridge regulation, enforcement and urban planning.

Love your aesthetic candles? They’re polluting the air you breathe

Ultrafine particles are of particular concern from a health perspective. They are easily inhaled into our lungs, but research has found they are excreted from the body very slowly.

Delhi’s annual pollution ‘ritual’ & its economic toll, & the politics of India-Pakistan cricket rivalry

Bloomberg looks at how Indian capital's toxic air crisis is fuelling public anger against the govt. BBC says India vs Pakistan match is never just about the game.

Delhi brought GRAP reactively after AQI crossed limit—13 out of 17 times this winter

According to experts, GRAP is being treated as the sole panacea of Delhi’s air pollution crisis, despite not being designed to do so.

Have pollution policies helped Delhi AQI? What the decade’s data shows

Delhi’s average winter air quality graph over the past 10 years is not linear. But when all factors are taken into account, one thing is unmistakably clear.

Air from Thar Desert is polluting Himalayas. Causing breathing, skin and stomach issues

The study, conducted by researchers from Kolkata’s Bose Institute and published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, shows how long-distance dust transport reshapes the Himalayas.

What is the source of Gopinath’s claim of 1.7 million air pollution deaths in India at Davos?

How do Indian and global studies calculate the ‘cost’ of air pollution? ThePrint explains.

Department store chain says air pollution in north India hit its sales

It adds to other indicators that chronic air pollution is starting to impact businesses in the capital and surrounding areas.

Pay more, pollute less: Air quality body suggests costlier entry, faster exit for polluting vehicles

With vehicles now a leading source of pollution in Delhi, the Commission for Air Quality Management has urged higher tax, rapid toll systems and faster scrapping of old vehicles.

Smog’s unseen impact: pollutants on our food plates

Air pollution not only harms health but also lowers protein, iron and micronutrients in food, risking nutrition and food security.

On Camera

Why India should launch a gold amnesty scheme to shore up national reserves

Instead of fighting the citizens' love for gold, the government could integrate it into the formal economy through a strategic buyback.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.