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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicPollution in Delhi

Topic: Pollution in Delhi

Delhi starts efforts to fight pollution with plan to give free stubble decomposer to farmers

The low-cost chemical, called the Pusa decomposer, will also be used on a trial basis in some paddy fields of Punjab and Haryana this year.

In poll-bound Delhi, AAP and BJP face-off over quality of water

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed a report released by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan that claimed Delhi's water was unsafe.

Majority of parents in Delhi-NCR want annual ‘smog break’ in schools: Survey

At least 74 per cent of respondents surveyed by advocacy group wanted scheduled holidays when the capital’s pollution levels are at its worst.

Kejriwal cites Thunberg speech to support climate change cause at C-40 summit

The Delhi CM, denied permission by Modi govt to attend the conference in Copenhagen, interacted with leaders at the summit through video conference.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.