UN meeting accepts India’s resolution urging global cooperation on rising number of wildfires
About 8.7 lakh wildfires in India since 2021; peaked in 2025
About 8.7 lakh wildfires in India since 2021; peaked in 2025
Green judicial activists complain that over the years courts have gone softer on environmental violations
Official monitoring system overlooks crucial timing of farm fires in Haryana and Punjab
Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched the ambulance, numbering few in Indian cities, set up under MLA Local Area Development fund
Union environment minister’s claim contradicted by several global reports, industries responsible for half of country’s air pollution
Delhi-NCR cannot hide behind smokescreen of farm fires any more, as winter air remains ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ despite far less stubble burning
Toxic cocktail of pollutants emerging and local sources dominate, finds thinktank analysis
NCR states to undertake detailed technology-enabled five-year strategy
Act first and throughout the year, not at the hour of the crisis, and sorry, cloud seeding has not worked
The winner stuns with its installations; other Pujas have for their themes deforestation, water, a timeless tree and Gandhi