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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicAir quality survey

Topic: air quality survey

Indian air quality isn’t just about big cities. Look at what villages, small towns can do too

While the number of air quality monitoring stations in India has grown in the last 5 years, most of the deployment was in urban centres—leaving rural areas sparsely monitored.

Lahore tops list of most polluted city, Chad worst among countries, says annual global survey

China’s Hotan followed Lahore with PM2.5 levels of 94.3 while next two cities were Bhiwadi at 92.7 and Delhi followed close behind at 92.6.

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No Indian Census has counted the disabled population right

The 2011 census recorded only around 2.68 million individuals as persons with disabilities in India, far lower than WHO’s report, which indicates 16 per cent of the global population lives with some form of disability.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?