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Monday, February 23, 2026
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Topic: AQI

Have pollution policies helped Delhi AQI? What the decade’s data shows

Delhi’s average winter air quality graph over the past 10 years is not linear. But when all factors are taken into account, one thing is unmistakably clear.

Pay more, pollute less: Air quality body suggests costlier entry, faster exit for polluting vehicles

With vehicles now a leading source of pollution in Delhi, the Commission for Air Quality Management has urged higher tax, rapid toll systems and faster scrapping of old vehicles.

Bird poop, monkey business to AQI, badminton India Open is controversy central

On Thursday, Badminton World Federation stepped in and released a statement saying that it engaged with players and teams to review conditions at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.

Take the train Santa, sleighs are tariff prone & Error 258: justice not found

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

ThePrint photos of the week: The ‘GOAT’ in India & ‘G RAM G’ in Parliament

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Average Malayali lives 10 yrs more than those in BJP-ruled UP, Bihar—CPI(M)’s Brittas on air pollution

In a candid conversation with ThePrint, CPI (M)’s Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas also talked about the Left’s electoral setbacks in Kerala local body polls.

The un-naming of a nation & a merry Trump-mass

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

China drops an AQI guidebook as Delhi chokes, sparks online debate. Some say great, others say gyaan

Yu Jing, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, in an X post shared the experience of combating air pollution in Beijing, once the 'smog capital of the world'.

Delhi’s air is choking its sports events—cyclothons and marathons cancelled due to AQI

Organisers rescheduled the GSI Cyclothon to February 2026, citing hazardous air barely a day before the event. It’s only one of the many affected events of the season.

Perils of collective leadership & smog has export potential

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

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.