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Hidden pollutants ride Himalayan clouds, threaten health.

Toxic metals found drifting in Himalayan clouds, pose new risks

August 4, 2025, 05:35 PM - 3 min read

A new study has uncovered a hidden danger drifting high above the Himalayas, revealing that clouds once believed to deliver pure drinking water are instead transporting toxic heavy metals from polluted lowlands to some of the world’s highest and most fragile ecosystems.

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Glitter can disrupt chemistry of our oceans

May 5, 2025, 05:01 PM - 6 min read

What really sets glitter apart from other microplastics is the way it behaves once it enters the ocean. It actively interacts with its surroundings; it’s not drifting passively.

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The air we breathe

March 24, 2025, 04:10 PM - 6 min read

There is an urgent need for multi-sector action across all regions under the National Clean Air Programme for a time-bound reduction in pollution levels. The steady deterioration in the air quality of several Indian cities calls for radical long-term steps to arrest the tide.

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Toxic air continues to threaten health in Indian cities.

Alarm bells: Indian cities pollute the most!

March 11, 2025, 08:00 PM - 3 min read

A new report has once again highlighted the severe air pollution levels in India, with 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities located in the country.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

No more blame game on pollution: Punjab CM

November 13, 2024, 04:39 PM - 2 min read

Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for the rise in air pollution in Delhi after the paddy harvest in October and November.     

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Delhi air quality worsens, AQI worst in country at 400

November 3, 2024, 09:22 PM - 3 min read

The residents faced a difficult time as the air condition in Delhi continued to deteriorate.

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Around 7 pc of daily deaths in Indian cities linked to PM2.5 levels: Study

7 pc of daily deaths in Indian cities linked to PM2.5 levels

July 4, 2024, 08:56 AM - 2 min read

Indian air quality standards prescribe 60 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 over a 24-hour period.

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A man stands next to a factory releasing toxic gases.

We are choking. Vote out pollution or perish

March 20, 2024, 08:35 PM - 2 min read

World Air Quality Report ranks India third in the list of most polluted countries in the world with 42 cities in the top 50, but no one’s paying attention Hardly any noise came from the corridors of power at the grim news of India’s jump up the ranks from the eighth most polluted country in 2022 to third, after Bangladesh and Pakistan, in the World Air Quality Report 2023 released recently by Swiss air quality monitoring body IQ Air

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Delhi's max temperature at 24.7 deg C; AQI 'very poor'

December 17, 2023, 08:52 PM - 2 min read

The national capital saw a warm Sunday with the mercury reaching a high of 24.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, while the AQI remained in the 'very poor' category.

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Delhi's AQI turns 'very poor' again, mercury crosses 25.8 C in December

December 7, 2023, 07:33 PM - 2 min read

The national capital's air quality once again entered the 'very poor' category on Thursday, while the mercury recorded a high of 25.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season's average.

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NGT directs Punjab, Haryana to formulate time-bound stubble burning action plan

December 1, 2023, 07:32 PM - 2 min read

The National Green Tribunal has directed Punjab and Haryana to formulate a time-bound plan to tackle stubble burning between January 1 and September 1, 2024.

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Delhi AQI reaches severe, visibility plummets to 800m at IGI

November 27, 2023, 03:54 PM - 2 min read

The national capital has recorded 10 severe air quality days this November so far. The city recorded just three severe air quality days in November last year, while it experienced 12 such days in 2021, the maximum in the month since the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) began monitoring.

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