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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-dense-fog-grips-north-india-heavy-rain-forecast-for-tamil-nadu-and-puducherry</loc>
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<image:caption>Dense fog in Delhi-NCR on November 9, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Daily weather tracker: Dense fog grips North India; heavy rain forecast for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/air/the-morning-after-diwali-delhi-ncrs-air-worsened-in-eight-of-the-past-nine-years-and-2026-tells-a-familiar-story</loc>
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<image:caption>India Gate on the morning of November 9, 2026, the day after Diwali.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-09T05:03:08.932Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The morning after Diwali: Delhi-NCR's air worsened in eight of the past nine years, and 2026 tells a familiar story</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/proposed-western-ghats-ecological-protection-zone-faces-mounting-climate-threats-even-as-its-notification-remains-stuck</loc>
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<image:caption>Wayanad in Kerala witnessed India’s worst-ever landslide, devastated the villages of Punchirimattam, Chooralmala and Mundakkai in Wayanad</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-09T04:10:11.163Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Proposed Western Ghats ecological protection zone faces mounting climate threats even as its notification remains stuck</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/air/dte-coverage-slow-murder-continues</loc>
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<image:caption>Heavy smog envelops the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi in the morning during December 2015.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A suffocating blanket of toxic smog in Delhi-NCR.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A person living in the sprawling Indo-Gangetic Plain, spread across northern India (as well as eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and most of Bangladesh), will live seven years less than people in other parts of the country.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Post-Diwali haze blankets Delhi-NCR.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Schoolchildren walking on the road, wearing masks to protect themselves from air pollution, amid heavy smog in Delhi on a December morning.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-09T04:04:45.704Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>DTE Coverage: Slow murder continues</news:title>
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