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AA Edit | Bad Air, But Delhi Has A Plan

AA Edit | Bad Air, But Delhi Has A Plan

Air quality in Delhi-NCR starts worsening from mid-September. And all the usual suspects will make their presence felt...

30 Sept 2026 12:28 AM IST

AA Edit | SC’s Twin Course Corrections

AA Edit | SC’s Twin Course Corrections

The apex court had last month approved a definition suggested by the government’s expert panel that mining should be...

30 Dec 2025 11:20 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting Solution?

Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting...

When the Air Quality Index (AQI) regularly breaches ‘severe’ and ‘hazardous’ categories exceeding 450 — levels that...

21 Dec 2025 12:24 AM IST

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any Lessons?

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any...

For over three decades, since when awareness about this gained currency, people and the government, courts, doctors,...

23 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

The Supreme Courts order banning firecrackers has received mixed reactions from various quarters.

Online sale, purchase of firecrackers also banned under SC order:...

On Monday, the Supreme Court restored the ban on the sale of firecrackers till November 1, in Delhi and the NCR region.

12 Oct 2017 2:12 PM IST

People buy fire-crackers near Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Industry stares at Rs 500 crore loss

The ban would ensure that the levels of air pollutants do not reach as high a limit as they did last year around Diwali.

10 Oct 2017 1:37 AM IST

National Green Tribunal. (Photo: PTI)

NGT lifts ban on construction

Allows entry of trucks, says ban on industrial activities still on.

18 Nov 2017 1:47 AM IST

New Delhi and several other North Indian states have been enveloped with toxic smog for over a week, forcing authorities to enforce emergency measures. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi: As smog is less severe, emergency steps eased

The NGT, which had separately issued an order banning entry of trucks, has posted the matter for hearing on Friday.

17 Nov 2017 1:38 AM IST

Anumita Roychowdhury

Delhi-NCR has to reduce particulate pollution by as much as 74%'

No other city has seen so many news headlines on air pollution as Delhi has, says Anumita Roychowdhury.

12 Nov 2017 6:45 AM IST

National Green Tribunal

End of road for 10-year-old diesel cars in Delhi, NCR

The report declares one new diesel car is equivalent to 24 petrol cars and 84 new CNG cars on road, the tribunal said.

15 Sept 2017 4:03 AM IST

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said one diesel vehicle causes pollution equal to 24 petrol vehicles and 40 CNG vehicles. (Representational Image)

NGT refuses to lift ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR

The Centre had earlier opposed the ban, saying there was a 'misconception' that only diesel pollutes the environment.

14 Sept 2017 2:18 PM IST

The Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

SC lifts order banning sale of fireworks in Delhi-NCR 'for the time...

SC directed Delhi Police to reduce temporary licenses of fireworks manufacturers, those granted in 2016, by 50 per cent...

12 Sept 2017 3:03 PM IST