Toxic Delhi air can get deep into your lungs; 22 million at risk

Pollutant particles can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause permanent harm to cognitive development

Delhi Airport experiences worst smog in 17 years

The visibility has fallen to 300-400 metres as unfavourable weather conditions add to the smog problem post-Diwali

NGT bans diesel vehicles in Delhi

Vehicles more than 10 years old and new diesel vehicles would not be registered in the city as per the order

Five Delhi hospitals to pay Rs 202 crore for defaulting on EWS services

More hospitals are expected to be penalised for failing to provide free treatment to patients from economically weaker sections

Slums and the story of India's housing crisis

The rate at which informal housing is being destroyed probably far exceeds the rate at which formal housing is being constructed

Delhi demands foresight

Amid promises galore by the Aam Aadmi Party , it becomes necessary to examine how it will implement its demanding manifesto and how environmental …

Aam Aadmi Party can deliver if

It should focus on alternative politics and not on becoming a political alternative. It should strive for solutions outside the vexed …

The night the air turned poisonous

...the much-flouted crisis management system failed to activate itself, leaving the residents of Kardampuri colony in Delhi gasping for breath

Split profits

Applying small quantities of fertilisers repeatedly gives a better crop yield than a single large dose

Charges of poisoning

Using automobile batteries both Indian and foreign, Clandestine lead-smelting units near the Delhi border have played havoc with the health of …

The gassing of a village

A petroleum product factory continues to chug out its poison, despite a decade of protests and official ire

12 film marathon spotlights urban decadence

Interestingly, apartment blocks in Warsaw bear a strong resemblance to Delhi Development Authority's more abominable creations.

Villagers protest relocation of stone-crushers

Ordered by the Supreme Court to shift stone-crushers from the Delhi-Faridabad border, officials have arbitrarily moved them to a nearby village, …

All rivers to Delhi?

In their greed for more water for the capital city, planners duck the question of wasteful expenditure of local water sources

Courting green

When the executive fails, people seek redressal from courts. In some cases, the courts have merely put the seal of approval on the actions of …

Technical Problem!

Procedural delays on the part of implementing agencies will ensure that the Supreme Court deadline for the conversion of old Delhi Transport …

Applying the brakes

Environmentalists score a major victory as the Supreme Court tightens emission standards in Delhi,

Law and disorder

The present unrest in Delhi has little to do with industrial pollution or loss of livelihoods. The way in which the government has chosen to act …

Beautification drive

Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi's Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all …

Sewage Outpour

When prashant krishnan, vinita garg, aditya jha, gurpreet singh and neeraj kumar set out to map Mayapuri's drainage,they had no inkling that new …

Delhi's poll planks

G20 Summit: Good progress on easing debt in Zambia, Ethiopia & Ghana, says finance minister

India releases G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration stating developing countries would need $5.8-5.9 trillion up to 2030 to …

Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air

The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased

Who will repay loans for Delhi airport Metro, Reliance or DMRC?

Banks that helped build the most expensive and first public-private partnership Metro line in the country say it is a non-performing asset

Delhi's water supply skewed and mismanaged

Is the Haryana government really to be blamed for Delhi's water shortage? The answer perhaps lies in understanding the disparity in water supply …