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Friday, May 22, 2026
TopicDelhi pollution

Topic: Delhi pollution

Rekha Gupta reserves 21% of Delhi’s budget as ‘Green Budget’

While announcing the Budget 2026-2027 at the Delhi Assembly, CM Rekha Gupta said that Rs 22,236 crore of the city's budget will be reserved as the 'green budget'.

Delhi brought GRAP reactively after AQI crossed limit—13 out of 17 times this winter

According to experts, GRAP is being treated as the sole panacea of Delhi’s air pollution crisis, despite not being designed to do so.

Delhi has too many actors to tackle air pollution. Beijing offers an alternative

India cannot simply copy Beijing’s political model, but it can adapt key governance principles.

China drops an AQI guidebook as Delhi chokes, sparks online debate. Some say great, others say gyaan

Yu Jing, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, in an X post shared the experience of combating air pollution in Beijing, once the 'smog capital of the world'.

India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today

Was the system in India always so lax that politicians could watch citizens being poisoned, stranded, or burned alive and get away with it?

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.

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.

On Camera

3 cases, Trump’s lawyer & the settlement: What US dropping charges means for Adani | Cut The Clutter

In Episode 1841 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta details the criminal charges against Gautam Adani dropped by US this week & what it development signifies.

What’s the story behind war memorial jointly inaugurated by India, South Korea during Rajnath visit

Built by India’s Defence Ministry to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s participation in the Korean War, it marks a strategic effort to leverage soft power and historical links.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.