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Topic: Smog

Talk Point: Scientifically, exemptions defeat the purpose of odd-even

Barun Aggarwal -
The reason why exemptions are given is because our public transport is unable to handle the demand, and is considered unsafe.

Talk Point: Being an emergency measure, odd-even cannot have exemptions

Polash Mukerjee -
The total number of cars moved off the roads during previous odd-evens was so small that pollution came down only by 7%.

Talk Point: Odd-even without exemptions is a stay-at-home scheme for the disabled

Nipun Malhotra -
The disabled were not originally exempt from odd-even. I was forced to file a PIL in the Delhi HC that granted us an exemption

Talk Point: A car is empowering to a woman, and no one should take that away

Pragya Kaushika -
Harassment on public transport made me buy a car, because it meant independence and safety. Can govt guarantee it?

Don’t just blame India for the Lahore smog, create India-Pak treaty on air pollution

Ammara Ahmad -
The smog has reminded us that India and Pakistan are connected in more ways than one. 

Only innovative solutions that don’t burden farmers can end stubble burning

Sucha Singh Gill -
From mixing the stubble into soil, to making manure and use in the packaging industry, there are a lot of ways in which the problem of paddy residue can be solved.
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‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

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National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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