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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicVehicular emissions

Topic: vehicular emissions

Why CAFE 3 norms are fuelling the case for hybrids

A recent study showed that Indian car buyers would prefer to bring home a hybrid vehicle over an EV or a petrol car this festive season.

Heavy vehicles make up 2% of country’s vehicles but are responsible for 70% of pollution—CSTEP study

Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy report finds ‘super emitters’, or ageing vehicles, will undermine efforts to reduce pollution unless scrappage is made mandatory.

Delhi’s old cars ‘gassed out’ & the ‘curious case’ of the stranded British jet

An opinion piece in The Telegraph gives a take on India's 'dependence' on Russian oil and weapons. The Economist looks at crime and punishment in India.

From 1 July, no fuel for end-of-life vehicles in Delhi. Cameras to keep watch at pumps

Initial order was passed 23 April. Traffic police & transport department will take further action once these vehicles are identified, adds Commission for Air Quality Management.

‘Pollution under control’ at Rs 50. Inside Delhi’s murky system of vehicular emission checks

CAG report tabled in assembly this week said that over 5 lakh diesel vehicles in Delhi got pollution control certificates despite not passing emission tests between 2015 & 2020.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.