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TopicDelhi air pollution

Topic: Delhi air pollution

After-Diwali respiratory illnesses see a dip this year, numbers could go up in coming days

Doctors say cases related to worsening of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder have reduced by half this year compared to last Diwali.

Diwali crackers leave Delhi-NCR gasping as air quality drops to season’s worst: CSE report

CSE report says Delhi recorded relatively clean air between 15 September and October 27 (Diwali). But bursting of crackers spoilt the air in the city.

Ayodhya’s record-breaking diyas and BJP-Shiv Sena’s fiery Diwali

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Pollution monitors max out on Diwali night, CPCB says it’s studying impact of firecrackers

Despite SC ban, firecrackers heard in almost all parts of Delhi. But the morning-after AQI is better than last 3 years.

Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’ after Diwali, but better than last 3 years

Delhi sprung a surprise with air quality sensors recording only a marginal increase in pollution levels even as people continued bursting crackers until late Sunday night.

64% people in Delhi-NCR say they won’t burst crackers this Diwali, finds survey

Survey by LocalCircles finds that most people in Delhi-NCR don’t support Arvind Kejriwal government's odd-even car rationing scheme.

Centre directs Haryana & Punjab to completely stop stubble burning ahead of Diwali

Environment Secretary CK Mishra said the next 3 weeks, especially between 26 October - 4 November, are critical for Delhi's air quality.

Pollution control body likely to announce stricter steps as Delhi records season’s worst air quality

The measures could include banning construction work at night in Delhi-NCR from 26 to 30 October and closure of industries without piped natural gas.

Why Kejriwal and Modi govt can’t agree on source of Delhi’s air pollution

As Kejriwal dismisses Modi govt’s data that stubble burning causes just 10% of Delhi’s pollution, ThePrint on why there is such confusion on the source of the capital's chronic winter problem. 

Has Delhi’s bad air become another cynical political game for AAP, BJP and Congress?

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has rejected as “misleading” the data presented by a Narendra Modi government-run agency on air pollution.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.