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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicDiwali

Topic: Diwali

Delhi’s air pollution is a water crisis in disguise

Delayed rice planting relieves pressure on aquifers but exacerbates the stubble burning that chokes the capital.

Flights delayed after Air India’s ground-handling staff go on strike at Mumbai airport

A section of employees of the carrier's ground handling subsidiary went on a strike against non-payment of Diwali bonus.

UP police help two children selling diyas on Diwali, picture lights up social media 

Policemen in Amroha buy diyas from the children, urge other members of the public to come forward and help.

Virat Kohli’s ‘silly point’, and BJP’s losses in the Karnataka bypolls

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

SC cracker ban fails: Can legal diktats alter cultural habits or did police not do enough?

The morning after Diwali, Delhi-NCR’s air quality was “hazardous”. The Supreme Court had allowed bursting of green crackers between 8 pm and 10 pm....

Satellite pics show crackers are only tip of the iceberg when it comes to Delhi pollution

A host of factors, from stubble burning to industrial emissions, come together to fuel Delhi and north India's notorious smog cover.

Delhi’s air quality today is as bad as it was a day after Diwali in 2017

The air quality index, or AQI, hit 980 at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according to website AirVisual.

Gender barriers in the country as Pak channel goofs up on Imran Khan China speech

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

This Diwali, bursting firecrackers could get you jailed for a month 

In light of the Supreme Court order restricting the sale and use of firecrackers, there's little you can do to indulge your love for fireworks this Diwali.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.