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Opinion | Delhi Has Every Pollution Control Policy - Except One That Works
Monday November 09, 2026Every November, Delhi performs the same ritual. We check the AQI before stepping outdoors, children are kept indoors, masks reappear, schools consider shutting, construction is restricted, and emergency meetings are convened. Politicians blame the weather, neighbouring states, farmers, or firecrackers. And then, as the season changes, the urgency d...
दीवाली की चौखट पर दिल्ली में सांसों का संकट: 30 साल की स्टडी ने हरियाली को लेकर क्या बताया?
Thursday November 05, 2026अध्ययन में हरियाली की मात्रा के साथ उसके फैलाव और आपसी जुड़ाव को भी महत्वपूर्ण पाया गया. जिन इलाकों में हरियाली ज्यादा बिखरी हुई थी, वहां सतही तापमान अधिक रहा. इसके विपरीत, बड़े और आपस में जुड़े हरित क्षेत्रों में तापमान कम पाया गया.
Opinion: Why Delhi's Smog Can't Be Fixed From SpaceDavid Fickling, Bloomberg
Monday October 19, 2026The clearest sign that Delhi is on a path to cleaner air would be a decline in the amount of paddy grown nearby, and therefore the acreage liable to be burned each year.
Don't Normalise Air Purifiers As Delhi Chokes | The Reason Why
Thursday December 11, 2025More than 90 cities in the world's top 100 polluting list are in India. With every passing year, the AQI is rising, reaching 'hazardous' levels.
Blog | Well Done, Delhi. You've Turned Lung Sacrifice Into A Badge Of HonourSaikat Kumar Bose
Monday November 10, 2025Till some years back, Delhiites would ask angry questions to those in power about the capitals annual tryst with toxic air. This has changed. Those in the driving seat dont see the need to answer now.
Opinion | Delhi Has Every Pollution Control Policy - Except One That Works
Monday November 09, 2026Every November, Delhi performs the same ritual. We check the AQI before stepping outdoors, children are kept indoors, masks reappear, schools consider shutting, construction is restricted, and emergency meetings are convened. Politicians blame the weather, neighbouring states, farmers, or firecrackers. And then, as the season changes, the urgency d...
दीवाली की चौखट पर दिल्ली में सांसों का संकट: 30 साल की स्टडी ने हरियाली को लेकर क्या बताया?
Thursday November 05, 2026अध्ययन में हरियाली की मात्रा के साथ उसके फैलाव और आपसी जुड़ाव को भी महत्वपूर्ण पाया गया. जिन इलाकों में हरियाली ज्यादा बिखरी हुई थी, वहां सतही तापमान अधिक रहा. इसके विपरीत, बड़े और आपस में जुड़े हरित क्षेत्रों में तापमान कम पाया गया.
Opinion: Why Delhi's Smog Can't Be Fixed From SpaceDavid Fickling, Bloomberg
Monday October 19, 2026The clearest sign that Delhi is on a path to cleaner air would be a decline in the amount of paddy grown nearby, and therefore the acreage liable to be burned each year.
Don't Normalise Air Purifiers As Delhi Chokes | The Reason Why
Thursday December 11, 2025More than 90 cities in the world's top 100 polluting list are in India. With every passing year, the AQI is rising, reaching 'hazardous' levels.
Blog | Well Done, Delhi. You've Turned Lung Sacrifice Into A Badge Of HonourSaikat Kumar Bose
Monday November 10, 2025Till some years back, Delhiites would ask angry questions to those in power about the capitals annual tryst with toxic air. This has changed. Those in the driving seat dont see the need to answer now.
- Written by Debosmita Ghosh | Tuesday November 10, 2026
Tiny pollutants, especially fine particulate matter such as PM2.5, can travel deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream. From there, they can trigger inflammation and cause other changes that affect the blood vessels and heart.
- Edited by Ritu Singh | Tuesday November 10, 2026
Sharing the images on X, Tharoor credited his college alumni group and added a playful caption, using a pun on the word AQI to suggest that the pictures were still relevant.
- Written by Aishwarya Singh Chaudhary | Tuesday November 10, 2026
Despite the AQI improvement, pollution remained high, with 23 of Delhi's 57 monitoring stations recording 'very poor' air quality.
- Tuesday November 10, 2026
Researchers led by those at New York University, US, assessed more than 150 men and women with prediabetes who did not have any known buildup of cholesterol in their arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis. Prediabetes raises the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
- Tuesday November 10, 2026 , New Delhi
On Monday, the day after Diwali, the capital's average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 376, in the 'very poor' category.
- Written by Aishwarya Singh Chaudhary | Tuesday November 10, 2026
Aurangzeb stated that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif's preventive measures curbed local and cross-border pollution.
- Edited by Nikhil Pandey | Tuesday November 10, 2026
A new study finds an association between air pollution exposure early in life and lung function in children and adolescents. Even small shifts can have major implications for public health, says the researcher.
- Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday November 10, 2026
Valasaravakkam, a dense residential pocket in southwest Chennai, recorded the highest AQI in the city at 343, followed by Nungambakkam in central Chennai at 332, Sowcarpet - a sprawling, crowded commercial trading district in north-central Chennai - at 311.
- Reported by Mohammed Ghazali | Tuesday November 10, 2026
According to the CPCC, air quality remained in the 'Satisfactory' category before the permitted firecracker bursting window of 8 pm to 10 pm on November 8.
- Reported by Ishika Verma | Monday November 09, 2026
Anil Gupta, a member of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), attributed the gaps to unusually high PM2.5 readings.
