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A basic New Year expectation: Give our kids some fresh air to breathe

A basic New Year expectation: Give our children some fresh air to breathe

01 Jan 2026

6 min read

Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

31 Dec 2025

3 min read

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

31 Dec 2025

5 min read

News

A basic New Year expectation: Give our kids some fresh air to breathe

A basic New Year expectation: Give our children some fresh air to breathe

01 Jan 2026

6 min read

Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

31 Dec 2025

3 min read

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

31 Dec 2025

5 min read

No PUCC, No fuel

No PUCC, No fuel

Vikas Choudhary

29 Dec 2025

1 min read

Gobar Times: Disastercard

Gobar Times: Disastercard

28 Dec 2025

1 min read

As Delhi chokes, power plants face penalties for missing biomass co-firing targets. Can they just pay and move on?

As Delhi chokes, power plants face penalties for missing biomass co-firing targets. Can they just pay and move on?

Subhrajit Goswami

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

Democracy, dissent and discretion: Why Delhi-NCR keeps choking despite knowing better

Democracy, dissent and discretion: Why Delhi-NCR keeps choking despite knowing better

24 Dec 2025

7 min read

Large share of India’s PM2.5 not emitted directly, but chemically formed in the atmosphere: CREA Study

Large share of India’s PM2.5 not emitted directly, but chemically formed in the atmosphere: CREA Study

24 Dec 2025

2 min read

Normalising toxic winters is, ultimately, a choice—and a human-made one

Normalising toxic winters is, ultimately, a choice—and a human-made one

Ashish Mansharamani

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

Recap 2025: 10 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto

Recap 2025: 10 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto

22 Dec 2025

2 min read

Simply Put: Confused Response Action Plan

Simply Put: Confused Response Action Plan

22 Dec 2025

1 min read

From episodic smog to structural pollution: Why vehicles remain Delhi’s biggest challenge

From episodic smog to structural pollution: Why vehicles remain Delhi’s biggest challenge

Shambhavi Shukla

22 Dec 2025

6 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

A basic New Year expectation: Give our kids some fresh air to breathe

A basic New Year expectation: Give our children some fresh air to breathe

01 Jan 2026

6 min read

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

NCAP 2025: Are India’s air quality priorities aligned with ground realities?

31 Dec 2025

5 min read

As Delhi chokes, power plants face penalties for missing biomass co-firing targets. Can they just pay and move on?

As Delhi chokes, power plants face penalties for missing biomass co-firing targets. Can they just pay and move on?

Subhrajit Goswami

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

Democracy, dissent and discretion: Why Delhi-NCR keeps choking despite knowing better

Democracy, dissent and discretion: Why Delhi-NCR keeps choking despite knowing better

24 Dec 2025

7 min read

Normalising toxic winters is, ultimately, a choice—and a human-made one

Normalising toxic winters is, ultimately, a choice—and a human-made one

Ashish Mansharamani

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

From episodic smog to structural pollution: Why vehicles remain Delhi’s biggest challenge

From episodic smog to structural pollution: Why vehicles remain Delhi’s biggest challenge

Shambhavi Shukla

22 Dec 2025

6 min read

Can AQI below 200 truly be a ‘Good Day’, Mr Minister?

Can AQI below 200 truly be a ‘Good Day’, Mr Minister?

Sharanjeet Kaur

12 Dec 2025

2 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

Videos

GRAP-IV explained: Why is Delhi under emergency air pollution measures again?

GRAP-IV explained: Why is Delhi under emergency air pollution measures again?

GRAP-IV is the strictest stage of India’s air-pollution response framework

15 Dec 2025

1 min read

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

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

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