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Air quality in Patna worse than Delhi on December 10: Data

Air quality in Patna worse than Delhi on December 10: Data

Mohd Imran Khan

12 hours ago

2 min read

Air pollution killing nine million a year as warming worsens air quality worldwide, UN report warns

Air pollution killing nine million a year as warming worsens air quality worldwide, UN report warns

Himanshu Nitnaware

13 hours ago

4 min read

Simply Put: Air quality temperature

Simply Put: Air quality temperature

09 Dec 2025

1 min read

News

Air quality in Patna worse than Delhi on December 10: Data

Air quality in Patna worse than Delhi on December 10: Data

Mohd Imran Khan

12 hours ago

2 min read

Air pollution killing nine million a year as warming worsens air quality worldwide, UN report warns

Air pollution killing nine million a year as warming worsens air quality worldwide, UN report warns

Himanshu Nitnaware

13 hours ago

4 min read

Simply Put: Air quality temperature

Simply Put: Air quality temperature

09 Dec 2025

1 min read

Simply put: Cost of development

Simply put: Cost of development

08 Dec 2025

1 min read

Toxic winters and political silence: Reimagining India’s air pollution policy with insights from China

Toxic winters and political silence: Reimagining India’s air pollution policy with insights from China

08 Dec 2025

3 min read

Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region was India’s most polluted city in November 2025: CREA

Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region was India’s most polluted city in November 2025: CREA

07 Dec 2025

3 min read

Simply Put: They cannot breathe

Simply Put: They cannot breathe

05 Dec 2025

1 min read

Why India’s domestic reforms alone can’t combat air pollution

Why India’s domestic reforms alone can’t combat air pollution

Saaransh Mishra

05 Dec 2025

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2025)

04 Dec 2025

3 min read

Simply Put: In a bubble

Simply Put: In a bubble

03 Dec 2025

1 min read

Microplastics now make up to 5% of particulate pollution in Indian cities, mostly from synthetic clothing, packaging, vehicle wear and footwear.

‘Microplastics now make up as much as 5% of particulate pollution in India’s cities’

03 Dec 2025

6 min read

MoEFCC pushes NCR states for 2026 year-round clean air plan

MoEFCC pushes NCR states for 2026 year-round clean air plan

03 Dec 2025

3 min read

Interviews

Microplastics now make up to 5% of particulate pollution in Indian cities, mostly from synthetic clothing, packaging, vehicle wear and footwear.

‘Microplastics now make up as much as 5% of particulate pollution in India’s cities’

03 Dec 2025

6 min read

By tomorrow afternoon or evening, Delhi’s air quality will likely hover between ‘Poor’ and ‘Very Poor’: Gufran Beig

By tomorrow afternoon or evening, Delhi’s air quality will likely hover between ‘Poor’ and ‘Very Poor’: Gufran Beig

20 Oct 2025

4 min read

New proposal to add exemptions for a banned hazardous chemical under Stockholm Convention is questioning its credibility: Giulia Carlini

New proposal to add exemptions for a banned hazardous chemical under Stockholm Convention is questioning its credibility: Giulia Carlini

Rohini Krishnamurthy

05 May 2025

7 min read

Loretta J Mickley, senior research fellow and co-lead of Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard

‘We don’t fully understand what governs India’s temperature trends’

Akshit Sangomla

09 Apr 2025

4 min read

‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’

‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’

Akshit Sangomla

07 Apr 2025

3 min read

David Shumway Jones, Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University and an expert on the history of air pollution in India

‘There is reason to believe controlling air pollution can increase temperatures’

Akshit Sangomla

04 Apr 2025

4 min read

Blogs

Toxic winters and political silence: Reimagining India’s air pollution policy with insights from China

Toxic winters and political silence: Reimagining India’s air pollution policy with insights from China

08 Dec 2025

3 min read

Why India’s domestic reforms alone can’t combat air pollution

Why India’s domestic reforms alone can’t combat air pollution

Saaransh Mishra

05 Dec 2025

4 min read

How e-buses, GCC model & digital technology are reshaping state transport undertakings

How e-buses, GCC model & digital technology are reshaping state transport undertakings

02 Dec 2025

4 min read

India’s silent genocide: Why toxic air is our greatest constitutional crisis

India’s silent genocide: Why toxic air is our greatest constitutional crisis

01 Dec 2025

5 min read

Delhi’s air pollution crisis is brutal, but the way we talk about it is worse

Delhi’s air pollution crisis is brutal, but the way we talk about it is worse

29 Nov 2025

5 min read

Air pollution, if it cannot be avoided, must be compensated for

Air pollution, if it cannot be avoided, must be compensated for

28 Nov 2025

4 min read

The annual witch-hunt of farm stubble burning masks the real policy culprits

The annual witch-hunt of farm stubble burning masks the real policy culprits

24 Nov 2025

5 min read

Beijing skyline.

How China cleaned up its air pollution — and what that meant for the climate

24 Nov 2025

2 min read

Videos

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

Assam, Tripura and several neighbouring states recorded elevated pollution in every season according to a new satellite assessment

28 Nov 2025

1 min read

Ash from Ethiopia’s 12,000-Year dormant volcano drifts into India

Ash from Ethiopia’s 12,000-Year dormant volcano drifts into India

27 Nov 2025

1 min read

The Sunita Narain Show: Our right to clean air is not negotiable. Here’s what we need to do

The Sunita Narain Show: Our right to clean air is not negotiable. Here’s what we need to do

25 Nov 2025

1 min read

Delhi’s faulty air monitors: Can we trust the numbers?

Delhi’s faulty air monitors: Can we trust the numbers?

09 Nov 2025

1 min read

2022 research data show how air pollution stunts growth in children

2022 research data show how air pollution stunts growth in children

08 Nov 2025

1 min read

From smog to memory loss: The alarming link between pollution and dementia

From smog to memory loss: The alarming link between pollution and dementia

29 Oct 2025

1 min read

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