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Delhi orders 50% WFH for govt, private offices as air quality worsens

Delhi government offices and all private establishments in the city will function with 50 percent staff strength, and the rest will work from home under stage three of the Graded Response Action......

Delhi govt puts cloud-seeding trial on hold

A cloud-seeding trial scheduled for Wednesday in Delhi has been put on hold due to insufficient moisture in the clouds, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur said in a statement. IMAGE: The......

IIT-Kanpur director explains why Delhi's cloud seeding failed

IIT-Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal on Wednesday said that although the cloud seeding trial in Delhi did not bring rain, it provided useful information, and asserted that the cost of the process......

And the most polluted city in the world is....

Pakistan's Lahore city ranked as the world's most polluted city on Monday, the second such time in a week's time, with smog reaching hazardous levels way higher than WHO guidelines, a private tech......

SEE: Delhi's cloud seeding experiments bring no rainfall

After a gap of 53 years, Delhi conducted cloud seeding trials on Tuesday to induce artificial rain in the national capital amid surging pollution levels, even as the weather department did not......

Arithmetic behind PM's 10 mn job claim is flawed!

The independent institute advising the PM on jobs seems to have missed the point that the challenge is to create net additional jobs, says Mahesh Vyas. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Prime......

Coronavirus lockdown leads to lower air pollution levels

The nationwide 'Janta Curfew' followed by the 21-day lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak have led to a significant reduction in pollution in the country, with 91 cities recording air......

Delhi is the world's most polluted megacity!

In 2012, with one million deaths, China reported the highest toll from PM2.5 and PM10 pollution. At the time, India followed, reporting 621,138 deaths, nearly 10 per cent of the global toll......

Delhi's transport sector 3 times more polluting than Mumbai's

Despite a 187 km, seven-line metro network carrying 2.4 million commuters every day, private vehicles rose 92 per cent over the last 15 years Delhi’s transport sector produces six times as......

Bangalore neighbourhood's toxic air threatens India's future

Once called India’s garden city, this upper middle-class residential area in Bangalore has India’s most toxic air, says Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com. On the day this story was written,......

Delhi Capitals Aim For Breakthrough IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals have never won the IPL despite featuring top talent over the years.Under Axar Patel's leadership, they will hope IPL 2025 finally ends their title drought. IMAGE: Axar Patel will......

Paris Olympics: Check out India's schedule on July 29

Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters India's shooting contingent will once again be in the spotlight as Arjun Babuta vies for a medal in the men's 10m air rifle final at the Paris Olympics on......

Olympics: Check out India's schedule on July 30, 2024

IMAGE: Can shooter Manu Bhaker win India's second medal at the Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday? Photograph: Indian Olympic Association/X Manu Bhaker will be aiming to win India's second medal at......

India at Paris 2024: Your Complete Guide

Photograph: Paris Olympics 2024/X Get ready to cheer on a record-breaking Indian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics! With 117 athletes competing across 16 sports and 69 medal events,......

Discipline, diet, rehab: All that went into making Suryakumar version 2.0

'I (had) never read a book in my life and I started doing that as well. Getting up in the morning, spending a good quality time at the rehab centre and focusing on everything, connecting myself, my......