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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
TopicPollution

Topic: pollution

AIIMS doctors find excessive toxicity in patients, say heavy metals are all around us

Study by AIIMS Clinical Ecotoxicology Facility, set up to study effects of pollution & climate change, finds iron, mercury, lead in excess amounts in patients' bodies.

Odd-even is a political gimmick. It has nothing to do with pollution

If odd-even helps reduce air pollution in Delhi, why did the Kejriwal government not implement it in 2017 and 2018?

Celebrity endorsements aren’t enough to make vacationing eco-friendly

All in, tourism’s contribution to man-made emissions could be as much as 8 per cent of the total, and is giving the hotel industry a bad name.

Planting saplings not enough to cut carbon footprint, we need forests: Former IFS officer

At 14th UNCCD COP 14 meeting, experts say ecological restoration is the only way to combat desertification of lands and significantly reduce carbon footprint.

Tourism is overwhelming the world’s top destinations

Even as local businesses get a financial boost, mobs of travelers strain infrastructures of cities that were never built to handle so many human bodies.

Taj Mahal is losing its sheen & colour because of DNA-sized carbon particles

As an immediate measure, scientists suggest that massive tree plantation nearby with frequent surface monitoring could help add to Taj Mahal's lifespan.

Govt sanctions Rs 5,800 crore for cleaning 34 polluted river stretches, Ganga excluded

The Centre has already released Rs 2,522 crore out of the sanctioned amount under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).

An airline that doesn’t want you to fly. That’s new

KLM has launched a sustainability campaign featuring surprising suggestions on how passengers can help cut aviation industry’s carbon dioxide emissions.

Car registration could now cost 400% more as Modi govt wants old vehicles off road

The road ministry has proposed to increase the renewal fee of passenger cars to a maximum of Rs 10,000 from the existing Rs 1,000.

Himalayan cities are looking like garbage dumps with sewage rivers. Modi govt must step in

PM Modi should convene a meeting of the chief ministers of Himalayan states to come up with immediate interventions to safeguard the mountain range.

On Camera

Once you know how UPA handled illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, you see Modi govt’s propaganda

The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.

Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.