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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicAir pollution

Topic: air pollution

Delhi govt orders schools shut till 5 November as city’s air quality gets worse

The EPCA declared public health emergency in NCR after Delhi's air quality dipped to the 'emergency' category Friday.

EPCA declares health emergency in Delhi-NCR as air pollution gets worse

The EPCA, a Supreme Court-appointed pollution control body, banned construction activity in the NCR region till 5 November.

Write to Captain uncle, Khattar uncle about Delhi’s air pollution: CM Kejriwal tells school children

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal handed out masks to school children as a part of his govt's initiative, and also told them to stop garbage burning in the city.

Delhi’s air quality dips to ‘emergency’ category second time this year

The hazardous fog that has settled over Delhi this week has thickened, making Ghaziabad the most-polluted city in India.

Don’t drop Tipu Sultan from Karnataka textbooks, let students study his complex legacy

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Delhi’s free buses and costly air, BJP’s Shiv Sena roadblock & Modi’s EU fix

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

Kejriwal tells Punjab, Haryana ‘with folded hands’: Stop Delhi from becoming gas chamber

Kejriwal’s Delhi govt said effective stubble fire counts in Punjab & Haryana increased to 2,577 in the last 24 hours, pushing air pollution levels to severe.

After-Diwali respiratory illnesses see a dip this year, numbers could go up in coming days

Doctors say cases related to worsening of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder have reduced by half this year compared to last Diwali.

Diwali crackers leave Delhi-NCR gasping as air quality drops to season’s worst: CSE report

CSE report says Delhi recorded relatively clean air between 15 September and October 27 (Diwali). But bursting of crackers spoilt the air in the city.

Day before Diwali, Delhi’s air quality drops to season’s worst

SAFAR predicts air quality will get worse and the AQI will be around 324 on Diwali.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

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India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.