It is not. Delhi’s air pollution is a year-round problem. In 2024, the last year for which official data are available, the ...

January 2024 sees India grappling with severe air pollution, with Ghaziabad emerging as the most polluted city. Almost half of the monitored cities exceed national safety standards for PM2.5. Urgent ...

Nadir Godrej said India’s pollution crisis can be solved through public pressure and stricter enforcement, citing Beijing and Los Angeles as examples. Speaking at Mumbai Climate Week, he urged the Mah ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. India and Pakistan are losing ground to a common deadly enemy. Vast clouds of dense, ...

Delhi's toxic air crisis disproportionately affects the poor, from construction workers to schoolchildren. Learn about the health costs, government inaction, and the daily struggle to breathe.

India's latest Budget made a huge allocation for carbon capture, utilisation and storage. Can it deliver?

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together comprise the National Capital Region (NCR), has been alarming in recent weeks. The problem is not new; it has been a recurring phenomenon largely ...

The rate of emissions of India's trucks was brought to light in a new report by Smart Freight Centre (SFC) India, TERI, and ...

People holding banners and posters protest against Delhi’s poor air quality and demand that the government take action to curb pollution, New Delhi, India, Nov. 9, 2025. Credit: X/CPIML Liberation On ...

Fun fact: Gita Gopinath’s Davos remark -- that India’s toxic air drags down growth more than tariffs -- was not triggered by any groundbreaking discovery. The Harvard professor and former IMF chief ...