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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicAir pollution

Topic: air pollution

Sundarbans under threat from heavy toxic metals & acidity in air, finds IIT Kanpur study

Researchers from IIT-Kanpur & Bose Institute compiled the peer-reviewed study & list 10 recommendations to stop degradation of Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest.

Crisis in Haiti, Ukraine’s war against Russia in Sudan & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past couple of weeks.

Is brand India dimming? Pollution panic, dire warnings for women, big dip in foreign tourists

India’s rising global stature hasn’t solved its image issues. Pollution, travel advisories about women’s safety, and negative press are dragging down its standing as a tourist destination.

India’s National Clean Air Programme hasn’t curbed pollution. It needs Swachh Bharat-like push

The National Clean Air Programme should evolve beyond just guidelines and become a mission that ties financial incentives to air quality outcomes.

‘Govts already using our data to manage air quality’ — IIT-K prof who won Infosys Prize for air sensors

Professor Sachida Nand Tripathi conferred Infosys Prize 2023 in Engineering & Computer Science for deploying air pollution sensor networks & his work into understanding haze formation.

Meghalaya town, not Delhi, had ‘most polluted’ air in 2023 — report on 5 yrs of govt clean air scheme

'Tracing The Hazy Air 2024' report released by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air found 6 of 10 cities with worst air pollution in 2023 not part of Centre's National Clean Air Programme.

Lahore govt is washing roads to combat deadly air. Pakistanis call it a desi mom solution

Air pollution is wreaking havoc on the health of citizens living in Lahore, Pakistan. The government's move to deal with the situated has only invited flak and mockery on social media.

Air pollution levels go down to 338 in Delhi but major relief unlikely

The Centre on 18 November removed curbs including a ban on construction work and the entry of polluting trucks into Delhi after AQI decreased marginally.

Gujarat built the world’s first air pollution market. Lessons learned so far

In 2019, the Government of Gujarat launched the Emission Trading Scheme that allows industries to ‘buy and sell’ permits for emitting particulate matter.

Delhi AQI drops closer to ‘severe’ category, nearby Ghaziabad, Noida too record poor air quality

According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air quality monitoring, Delhi was the most polluted city in the world on November 14, followed by Dhaka, Lahore and Mumbai.

On Camera

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

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.