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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicAir pollution

Topic: air pollution

Rising air pollution harms children’s growing brains

Douglas Broom -
The WHO says more than 93% of the world’s 1.8 billion children are exposed to toxic air pollution, including 630 million under the age of five.

Air pollution is a public health problem also related to racial injustice

Cass Sunstein -
In sum, African-Americans are hit especially hard by air pollution, even though they cause relatively little of it.

7 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India

Alex Thornton -
Reducing particulate matter in the air could add 1.3 years to the lifespan of the average Indian, and nearly three years to residents of Delhi.

The world’s most polluted air is in India and it’s killing people

Michelle Jamrisko -
India's healthcare costs & productivity losses from pollution are as much as 8.5% of GDP, according to the World Bank.

Delhi’s air pollution is probably making you sad

Peter Howley -
There is now good evidence of a direct link between air quality and overall mental health and happiness.

Modi govt’s 50% cut to pollution control budget invites criticism from environment experts 

PTI -
The interim budget presented by Piyush Goyal reduced the budget for pollution control to Rs 10 crore for 2019-20 from Rs 20 crore in the last fiscal.

Use Google maps to solve road jams & help improve air quality: NGT tells traffic police

PTI -
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directive is aimed at cutting down traffic jams to decrease Delhi's severe air pollution.

Slipped up on pollution in Delhi and other cities, admits government

Priyamvada Grover -
Environment ministry official says the government couldn’t properly implement its plans on stubble burning and the SC ban on firecrackers.

No study has yet proven health benefits of pollution masks, air purifiers

Rahiba R. Parveen -
Experts say that masks and purifiers do reduce effect of particulate matter but their health benefits are still under a cloud.

1 out of 8 deaths in India linked to air pollution, says study in Lancet

Rahiba R. Parveen -
Study says UP, Maharashtra, Delhi and Bihar are the worst affected, adds that air pollution has reduced life expectancy in the country by 1.7 years. 
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Economy

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Udit Bubna -
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Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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