
LIVE Parliament Winter Session 2025 Day 4: Opposition MPs held a protest at the Parliament House complex against the air pollution in Delhi as the winter session entered its fourth day on Thursday. Delhi's air quality was in the "poor" category Thursday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 299.
Three Congress MPs -- Manickam Tagore, Manish Tewari and Vijayakumar, alias Vijay Vasanth -- also moved adjournment motion notices in the Lok Sabha to discuss the rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR and other parts of North India.
Inside the Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha.
The bill aims to augment the resources for meeting expenditure on national security and for public health and to levy a cess for the said purposes on the machines installed and other processes undertaken by which specified goods are manufactured or produced and for matters connected therewith.
The winter session commenced on Monday and will conclude on December 19.
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- SansadTV (@sansad_tv) December 4, 2025
FM @nsitharaman moves The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 in #LokSabha for Consideration and Passing. @nsitharamanoffc@FinMinIndia@LokSabhaSectt@loksabhaspeaker#ParliamentWinterSessionpic.twitter.com/qWGGtcN2hm
"We Can't Drive At 130 Kmph": Congress MP In Lok Sabha, Nitin Gadkari RespondsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge was also among the opposition leaders present at the protest.#WATCH | Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi says, "It is the responsibility of the Government to do something. Young children are suffering, and it is also difficult for elderly people like me." https://t.co/lc9n1Texocpic.twitter.com/GMupG0d53J
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
#WATCH | Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "Which season should we enjoy? Look at the situation outside. Like Sonia ji said, children are unable to breath. She has asthma, and senior citizens like her are facing breathing difficulty. The situation keeps getting worse year... https://t.co/lc9n1Texocpic.twitter.com/UW4U41ytT1
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition MPs protest in front of Makar Dwar on Parliament premises over air pollution issue. pic.twitter.com/BoEeQQPdkH
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
Pakistan's Own Agency Busts Its 'Diwali Firework' Pollution Theory As AQI Crosses 600
Edited by Sanstuti NathAir Pollution Is As Big A Public Health Emergency As COVID: Former WHO Chief
Reported by Vedika Sud Sachdeva, Edited by Aastha Ahuja'Pollution Subsides': Yogi Adityanath Defends Bursting Of Crackers On Diwali
Edited by Debanish AchomDelhi May See Cloud Seeding Today Amid 'Very Poor' AQI: Sources
Reported by Sneha MordaniFine particles such as PM2.5 can enter deep into the lungs and lead to inflammation and oxidative stress in the body. Prolonged exposure may also affect the cardiovascular system and overall physical health.
A Pakistani air quality body has found no evidence linking Lahore's post-Diwali smog to fireworks in India, pointing instead to thousands of crop-residue fires in Pakistan's own Punjab.
Morning chest heaviness should not automatically be attributed to air pollution. Persistent or worsening symptoms warrant medical evaluation, particularly if accompanied by coughing, wheezing or breathlessness.
The Pakistan report said the available evidence did not support attributing Lahore's poor air quality after Diwali to fireworks across the border.
India should retain the AQI for public advisories but must publish uncapped PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations alongside it. An index may have a ceiling. Pollution does not.
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