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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
TopicPollution

Topic: pollution

RSS to milk ‘temple’ cow for 2019 elections and a solution for all housing problems

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

No relief for smog-choked cities as PM Modi’s goal to push natural gas stalls

After peaking to just above 10% six years ago, share of natural gas in energy mix has slid back toward 6%.

Nearly 400 districts will have city gas distribution facility in 2-3 years: PM Modi

Modi also said the number of compressed natural gas stations will increase to 10,000 by end of this decade, which will also help reduce pollution.

This Diwali once again showed the ugly side of the urban middle class

The pollution this festive season shows the middle class is increasingly self-indulgent, with little regard for laws and rules.

Tamil Nadu govt slapped with Rs 2 crore fine for delay in removing Chennai encroachments

The National Green Tribunal slammed the state government over poor pre-monsoon preparedness & asked its Public Works Department to deposit the amount within 15 days.

Delhi filed 2,438 pollution complaints in a week, most about construction dust & garbage

Pollution watchdog CPCB launched multiple complaint portals ahead of Diwali, including an app.

How the Himalayas make Delhi’s smog worse

The Himalayas surround the Indo-Gangetic plains to form a land-locked Valley that leaves no space for Delhi’s emissions to escape.

Shenzhen just made all its buses electric, and taxis are next

Shenzhen aims to electrify its entire taxi fleet by 2020.

SC wants old cars off Delhi roads, but nobody knows how to go about it

There is no clarity on where the government will keep the impounded vehicles or what it will do with them.

On Camera

There’s too much Akshay Kumar on screen. Take a break and come back with a Hera Pheri

Every few months, a new release raises the question: Can this film save Akshay Kumar’s career? So far, the answer has been a resounding no.

Pilots, engineers, maintenance crew — skilled worker shortages add to crisis in aviation sector

India’s aviation space is grappling with more than just a pilot deficit problem as industry experts highlight the need for the government and the aviation regulator to step in.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.