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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicDelhi air pollution

Topic: Delhi air pollution

A to Z of AQI—Why Delhi can’t breathe easy

ThePrint looks at how and why Delhi is vulnerable every year. It’s the annual ritual of masks and air purifiers.

Delhi defies ban on firecrackers, tops charts as world’s most polluted city

Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 348 Friday, said Swiss firm IQAir, taking pollution into the hazardous category.

Watch CutTheClutter: Smog towers, cracker ban & the flailing fight for clean air

In Episode 1545 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how the ‘we must do something’ industrial complex has lost the fight for clean air.

Delhi air pollution shoots up ahead of Diwali, 8 monitoring stations in red zone

New Delhi: A day ahead of Diwali, air pollution increased considerably in the national capital on Wednesday with as many as eight monitoring stations...

Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’ ahead of Diwali, smog engulfs parts of city

The city's AQI Monday morning was slightly better than Sunday. Forecast agency SAFAR says emissions from firecrackers & stubble-burning will continue to affect air quality.

Hazy morning in Delhi, air quality recorded at 273

In some areas, air quality was worse. Mundka and Bawana AQI stood at 366, Wazirpur 355, Jahangirpuri 347 and Anand Vihar 333, all in the ‘very poor’ category, CPCB data showed.

SubscriberWrites: Shades of green in Delhi

Delhi needs dense layered greening by native canopy trees, shrubs, grasses and herbs to regulate temperature, conserve water, and control pollution.

No more hot air talk—Delhi women want a say on climate change, use art to exhibit struggles

As part of the public art project, Hawa Mein Baat, the women—domestic workers, waste pickers, and others in the informal sector—have come together to be heard and seen.

Kolkata was more polluted than Delhi on some days. But where’s the noise?

Delhi government at least seems to be trying to deal with air pollution. In Kolkata, little is being done to control the menace. Guidelines are followed more in the breach than observance. 

On Camera

India’s diplomatic failures aren’t just Trump’s fault. It’s the price of Modi’s narcissism

The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.