Month: October 2018

Vendors selling drinks stand beside vehicles near the India Gate war memorial on a smoggy day in New Delhi February 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi/Files

As Bhalswa Landfill Continues to Burn, Delhi’s Air Quality Slips to ‘Very Poor’

The air quality in the capital had shown signs...

A traffic jam in New Delhi. Vehicular emissions are a big source of Delhi's air pollution. Credit: lingaraj/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Supreme Court: No Bharat Stage IV Vehicle To Be Sold From April 1, 2020

The bench said the need of the hour is...

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What’s Ailing the Ganga?

C.P. Rajendran 24/10/2018

Let us not give up on cleaning the Ganga,...

File photo of a girl receiving polio vaccine drops at a government dispensary in a Karachi slum

Sewage Surveillance is the Next Frontier in the Fight Against Polio

Marisa Eisenberg, Andrew Brouwer and Joseph Eisenberg 24/10/2018

Polio can be circulating through a community long before...

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Can India’s Solar Revolution Help Meet Its Paris Agreement Emission Goals?

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 23/10/2018

Activists and experts say that for India to meet...

Char Dham highway, environment impact assessment, VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttarakhand

Future of Char Dham Highway Uncertain as SC Stays NGT Order Allowing the Project

Kabir Agarwal 22/10/2018

Massive felling of trees, hillsides being cut at 'right'...

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NCCR Develops Warning System for Flooding in Chennai With Ward-Level Detail

The Wire Staff 22/10/2018

C-FLOWS is a six-module ensemble to predict flooding due...