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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicDelhi pollution

Topic: Delhi pollution

Delhi air quality improves marginally, AQI remain in ‘poor’ category at 269

In a post on X, the Chief Minister of Delhi stated that hundreds of sprinklers are being used to wash the city's Ring Road.

Anti-smog guns, mechanised road sweepers & sprinklers to be deployed across Delhi-NCR to curb pollution

In a meeting involving environment ministers from the states, led by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Manjinder Singh Sirsa added all 8000 km of roads in Delhi-NCR will be pothole-free & dust-free.

Why won’t Modi fix Delhi’s airpocalypse?

The Prime Minister has never been shy about centralising authority. Surely, he should treat this problem the way that the leadership in Beijing treated China’s smog crisis over a decade ago?

Delhi’s air pollution is of its own making. Stubble burning not the main culprit, says CSE

While PM2.5 levels saw a clear improvement between 2018 & 2022, they have stabilised at a high-level with no reduction signs since 2021-22 onwards, CSE analysis mentions.

Delhi, a ‘lethal gas chamber with no escape’, and the debate over India’s big labour law shake-up

Global media also discusses a set of newly discovered photographs that shed light on the role played by women in India's civil disobedience movements.

Perils of collective leadership & smog has export potential

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

15 arrested for ‘using chilli spray’ on police during anti-pollution protest at India Gate

New Delhi DCP Devesh Kumar Mahla stated that the protest was held at the C hexagon on India Gate, obstructing official work and blocking the road.

‘Can’t damage children’s lungs,’ Delhi HC asks schools to not hold sports in high-pollution months

The judge directed the Department of Education to file a status report within four weeks and fixed the next hearing for 13 January, 2026.

Bring odd-even back in Delhi. It has healing properties

I am not saying Odd-Even is the solution, but it's a long-term measure that should be normalised in cities choking from congestion. What's happening to our cities—not just Delhi—is unsustainable.

‘Not a protest site,’ Delhi Police detains protestors at India Gate demanding actions to curb pollution

The air quality in the national capital plunged into the 'severe' category on Sunday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 391 at 7 am, according to data from CPCB.

On Camera

Kashmir tourist’s smog-fog confusion is natural. We’ve forgotten what clean air looks like

The video captured the alienation between urban India and nature. To those who see air as something that needs to be purified, the sight of thick white mist feels suspicious.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.