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TopicDelhi air pollution

Topic: Delhi air pollution

Govts have forgotten concept of welfare: Supreme Court slams states for air pollution crisis

Squarely blaming the Centre and state governments, the Supreme Court said they had no right to be in power if they weren't bothered about the people.

‘Piquant’ pollution & ‘statutory mockery’ — SC puzzles with its Delhi smog order

Supreme Court weighed in on the pollution crisis after Delhi and parts of NCR experienced deep smog this weekend.

Not just good air, tourists also evade Delhi

Booking inquiries for hotels and flights to New Delhi have slumped since Diwali on 27 October, experts say.

Delhi’s political pollutants, Modi’s ‘national interest’ & a mistaken call to Sanjay Raut

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

Delhi air quality improves to ‘very poor’, but it’s not due to odd-even traffic rule

Government's pollution monitoring system SAFAR had predicted Sunday that air quality will improve during the week.

Hold government accountable for Delhi air pollution but also punish selfish behaviour

We suffer a societal failure when we cannot muster up the minimum cooperation necessary to solve a common problem.

BJP’s Vijay Goel defies odd-even rule in ‘symbolic protest’, gets Rs 4,000 fine & flowers

Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot met Vijay Goel with a bouquet of flowers and urged him to follow the scheme, which the BJP leader dismissed as an election stunt.

Nearly 200 fined on ‘successful’ first day of Delhi govt’s odd-even scheme

The Delih govt pressed in to service 6,000 buses, including 650 private vehicles, to service the additional number of commuters forced to leave their cars at home.

Modi govt is clueless about Indian economy, lacks talent to fix it, says Shekhar Gupta

At ThePrint’s Democracy Wall in Sonipat, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta spoke on a wide range of topics — free speech, Pakistan & Delhi’s notorious smog.

Delhi pollution mess is criminal neglect of public health. AAP, Congress, BJP all to blame

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?