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TopicDelhi pollution

Topic: Delhi pollution

Delhi’s Covid death rate increased due to pollution by stubble burning, says Satyendar Jain

Delhi Health Minister noted that since the pollution due to stubble-burning is less now, the downtrend in deaths will be there in a few weeks.

Delhi govt sprinkles 70 lakh litres of water at 13 pollution hotspots to control dust

A total of 15 fire tenders, with 45 fire personnel are sprinkling close to 2 lakh litres of water every day at the identified pollution hotspots.

Citing Delhi pollution, MLA Atishi seeks action on ‘criminal negligence’ of Punjab, Haryana CMs

In letter to Commission for Air Quality Management, AAP MLA Atishi says Punjab & Haryana CMs are directly responsible for ‘catastrophic failure' of their govts to curb stubble burning.

Reader View: Govt needs to encourage farmers to adopt other methods to tackle stubble burning

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

Stubble burning still a problem, but let’s control Delhi’s internal pollution, says Gopal Rai

New ‘red light on, gaadi off’ campaign will get motorists to switch off engines at stop lights. It is among a host of Delhi govt measures to combat pollution.

Odd-even scheme in Delhi will be last weapon against pollution, says Minister Gopal Rai

The Delhi Environment Minister said 2,500 'environment marshals' will be deployed to spread awareness about AAP govt's anti-pollution campaign using the principle of 'Gandhigiri'.

Delhi air quality ‘poor’, share of stubble burning in pollution likely to increase

According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, stubble contribution in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution was around 19 per cent on Saturday.

Early spurt in farm fires could give Delhi relief from toxic smog this winter, CPCB says

Peak stubble-burning period in Punjab, Haryana unlikely to coincide with the time when meteorological conditions in Delhi and neighbouring regions create smog.

65% Delhi-NCR households already experiencing pollution-related ailments, finds survey

Conducted by the Noida-based LocalCircles, the survey found that the most common ailment was a cough, cold or sore throat.

Doctors warn of Delhi Covid spike as pollution levels rise & temperature begins to drop

Delhi has already had its first 'very poor' air quality day this season, and doctors and experts are saying rising pollution will likely lead to an increase in Covid cases.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

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.