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Satellite image on March 22. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC

What’s That Fire? Burning Crop Land Helps Farmers in Short-Run but at Heavy Long-term Cost

Jahnavi Sen 25/03/2016

A NASA image shows how burning crop land after...

A view of Rashtrapati Bhavan enveloped in a blanket of smog, caused by a mixture of pollution and fog, in New Delhi in November 2012. Credit: PTI

The Road to Fixing Air Pollution in Delhi, Beyond Odd-even

Namit Arora 10/02/2016

What makes matters worse in Delhi are the incessant...

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Kejriwal’s Odd-Even Worked As a Single Short-term Emergency Measure for Delhi

Nitin Sethi 15/01/2016

More should not be expected from it without greater...

Civil defence volunteers holding a placard as traffic policeman takes protection against pollution in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

Delhi Air Quality Worsens 50% One Week Into Odd-Even

IndiaSpend Team 08/01/2016

Additional factors, such as temperature, wind-speed and increased moisture,...

Traffic near Jama Masjid, New Delhi. Credit: ryanready/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Pollution Soars, Odd-Even Not Enough for Delhi

IndiaSpend Team 05/01/2016

Opinion on social media was mixed, with some reporting...

Picture of a smoggy sunrise shot in an unknown location in India. Credit: spykster/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Ways in Which Delhi’s Pollution Can Kill You

Deepak Natarajan 30/12/2015

Before you draw your next breath, be aware that...

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What it Will Take to Make Delhiwallahs See Reason in Odd and Even

Anvita Arora 30/12/2015

While such initiatives are likely to work for shorter...