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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicDelhi NCR pollution

Topic: Delhi NCR pollution

Rising AQI & cases of lung ailments renew demand to reinstate respiratory medicine in MBBS courses

National Medical Commission had dropped respiratory medicine to 'ease workload of MBBS students', but doctors say India needs more physicians trained to handle rise in respiratory diseases.

Watch CutTheClutter: Understanding how toxic our air is & what will fix it

In Episode 1554 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the science behind the hazardous air quality and why pollution is a year-round challenge.

With ban on stubble burning, Punjab farmers say full economic burden of crop residue disposal on them

Farmers say they spend Rs 4,000 per acre on stubble management. In 2019, SC had ordered Rs 100 per quintal for non-basmati farmers who don't burn stubble, but farmers yet to see payment.

Only 50% of Delhi govt’s environment fund used in 7 yrs, none of it for Pollution Control Committee

Most of expenditure from Rs 1,464 cr 'environmental compensation charge' fund has gone towards Delhi-Meerut RRTS, yet to be used for activities under Delhi's Pollution Control Committee.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.