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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicAir pollution

Topic: air pollution

Delhi commuters pollute the most & Kejriwal’s missing buses add to the problem: Report

The national capital ranks the worst among 14 cities in terms of how much urban transportation contributes to air pollution, says a CSE report.

The Taj Mahal is wasting away, and it may soon hit the point of no return

Air pollution and poor management have led to a marked deterioration in Taj Mahal's condition over the last few years.

Indian cities are choking but there have been just 6 air pollution convictions in 2014-16

Uttar Pradesh, the state with four of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, registered just two cases in 2016, NCRB data shows.

Badarpur power plant has no plans to shut down despite order from court-appointed body

The Badarpur plant has been identified as India’s most polluting power plant.

China’s pollution crackdown is helping Indian steel, graphite industries

Firms such as HEG, Graphite India and Finolex have benefited from China’s pollution control measures.

6 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India, 3 worse than even Delhi

WHO study shows that of the estimated 7 million deaths per year from air pollution, more than 90% happen in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa.

You may be breathing in a lot of microplastics, even at home

Out of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced, only 9% is recycled; the remaining 91% enters the air, land and water and parts end up in our lungs.

Last Laughs: BJP’s back door invitations in Karnataka and Tripura CM’s string of remarks

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

More Indians are being diagnosed with lung cancer, and it’s not because they’re smoking

Studies suggest that air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, is linked to rising lung cancer cases among non-smokers, particularly the young & women.

This village ‘lives with cancer, TB & death’ just so Delhi can have a fraction of its power

Molarband residents blame Badarpur power plant for dozens of cancer & TB cases. NTPC rejects the complaints, says emission levels are within safe limits.

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I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘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.