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Globally, approximate 160,000 deaths have been attributed to PM2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities of Delhi (30 million), Mexico City (22 million), Sao Paulo (22 million), Shanghai (26 million) and Tokyo (37 million), report said. (AFP)

'Emergency meeting' held with adjoining states over depleting air...

The Supreme court lashed out at the Centre and Delhi government for severe AQI

16 Nov 2021 12:05 PM IST

Aakar Patel | If Indians focus on trivia, ignore hard reality, the...

On every meaningful measure, life for Indians compares poorly with those in other democracies

16 Nov 2021 11:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders Summit Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment session at the COP26 Climate Conference. (AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A cop-out for the world, but a triumph for India

India's unassailable position as a world leader in climate negotiations was reaffirmed by PM Narendra Modi in a simple...

16 Nov 2021 11:33 AM IST

People walk near the Rashtrapati Bhavan amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 15, 2021. (Money SHARMA / AFP)

Delhi's air quality remains in 'very poor' category for third...

A visible improvement in Delhi's air quality was recorded on Sunday although it was in the 'very poor' category

16 Nov 2021 11:21 AM IST

A health worker takes swab samples of a passenger to test for COVID-19, at a bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India reports less than 9000 COVID-19 cases, lowest in 287 days

The active cases comprise 0.38 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

16 Nov 2021 10:36 AM IST

US President Joe Biden meets with Chinas President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 10:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas Maha Sammelan, in Bhopal, Monday, November 15, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Tribals now 'partners' in India's growth, says PM Modi

Modi slams Congress for neglecting Adivasis

16 Nov 2021 1:31 AM IST

India on Monday allowed fully vaccinated foreign travellers from a list of 99 countries to enter without the need to quarantine themselves. (Representational Photo:AFP)

India opens up for foreigners for first time since pandemic began

To encourage travellers to visit India, the government is also planning to issue five lakh free visas through next March

16 Nov 2021 1:26 AM IST

Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories. (AFP Photo)

Europe, UK, China continue to remain in 'at-risk' category in terms of...

There is a list of 10 countries from where travellers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India

15 Nov 2021 4:03 PM IST

Australia India Community Charitable Trust chair Vasan Srinivasan said that it saddens him that someone tried to vandalise the statue within 24 hours of its unveiling. (Photo| Twitter)

Newly unveiled life-sized statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised in...

The statue was gifted by the Indian government. The incident triggered shock and disappointment among the...

15 Nov 2021 3:43 PM IST

Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 summit gestures during a press conference at the end of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP /Alastair Grant)

India and China will need to explain coal move, says COP26 president...

India, backed by China rejected a clause calling for a 'phase out' of coal-fired power, and the text was changed to...

15 Nov 2021 12:52 PM IST

Commuters drive along a road amid heavy smog conditions in New Delhi on November 11, 2021. (Money SHARMA / AFP)

SC cracks whip on Delhi's air emergency as crisis worsens

The top court also asked the state governments of Punjab and Haryana to pursue the farmers for two weeks not to do...

15 Nov 2021 12:18 PM IST