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Monday, May 13, 2024
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Topic: Delhi

‘Smells like paint’: What international publications reported on Delhi’s smog

Media houses across the world have been reporting on the smog that has enveloped Delhi. Here's what they said.

Politics, with a dollop of Even-Oddium Sulphate

We haven’t lost it. No virus garbled this headline. Suck Delhi’s killer air, recall Vidya Balan’s immortal but unprintable human chemistry lesson from Ishqiya, and you will get it.

Red tape and lethargy ensure Delhi remains a gas chamber

Expert points out how systemic failure in checking air pollution is causing great damage to public health; Delhi can take a cue from LA to improve air quality

Innovation needed to end stubble burning, but Delhi does little to stop pollution in NCR

There is an urgent need to encourage innovation and educate farmers rather than taking punitive action against already stressed farmers. It is that time of...

Can’t terrorise farmers with laws to stop stubble-burning. Understand their problem first

The central government’s policy of not allowing Punjab to diversify is resulting in stubble burning which is causing damage to the health of people in faraway Delhi.

India’s rise in EODB rankings: Good for optics, great for hope

No matter your view of the usefulness of the rankings, you cannot deny that it’s positive news for India.

Mujhe Kuchh Karna Hai

Delhi air is at gas-chamber levels despite the well-intended activist-judicial complex’s “we must do something” ban on the sale of crackers, old vehicles, etc.

Happy Diwali, Singapore style!

Singapore’s former premier Lee Kuan Yew had a tough time balancing firecrackers and his First World aspirations in the 1960s, but here’s what he did.

Sharing economy is also caring when it comes to city taxis

The proposed city taxi rules in Delhi and Mumbai are likely to reduce jobs for drivers, and increase congestion and pollution.

Talk Point: Does public health justify the SC stalling the sale of fireworks for Diwali?

We seek perspectives about the Diwali cracker ban by the SC from a lawyer, special needs parent, environment analyst & a fireworks trader

On Camera

Fourth phase is high noon of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. It could end in a draw for INDIA & NDA

This phase belongs to the ‘non-aligned’ parties. They could play a critical role in the eventuality of a hung parliament, which looks much more likely than it did one month ago.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.