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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: pollution

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

Alex Gray -
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

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

Eye on Haryana polls, Arvind Kejriwal blames Punjab farmers for Delhi’s air pollution

ThePrint Team -
Arvind Kejriwal presents satellite images to show that the number of stubble burning incidents in Haryana have been much lower than those in Punjab.

NCR districts must suspend construction activities till 10 November to check pollution: UP govt

PTI -
It has also asked them to ensure strict compliance to other Environment Pollution Control Authority guidelines.

98% of India’s children breathing in toxic air, not just outside but also at home: WHO

Sandhya Ramesh -
According to the latest WHO report, in 2016, indoor and outdoor pollution killed one lakh children under the age of five in India.

Delhi’s air quality turns severe for the first time this season, say authorities

PTI -
Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida also recorded severe air pollution, whereas Greater Noida's air is nearly severe, according to the data.

Supreme Court changes cracker bursting time but only for Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

PTI -
The Tamil Nadu government had earlier urged the apex court to allow firecrackers to be burst on Diwali morning in accordance with religious practices in the state.

Supreme Court bans 15-year old petrol & 10-yr old diesel vehicles in NCR

PTI -
The court also ordered the board for pollution control to make a social media account where citizens can register their complaints.

Your mobile phone is a major contributor to toxic e-waste in the country

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Experts say phones are a major chunk, by quantity, of the 2 million MT of e-waste India generates annually

68% of Delhi-NCR residents won’t burn crackers this Diwali to help keep pollution in check

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Online survey among 75,000 residents of Delhi-NCR shows a growing citizen movement against firecrackers as Delhi's air is in the red again.
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