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Meeting the uncannily familiar self-made manThe most irritating man in the world is the self-made man. And last week I had the singular honour of meeting him at the Sector 47 bus stop...
10 Dec, 2022, 08.30 PM IST
View: Smog is not a tradition that must be manfully endured, but a severe health hazardEvery year, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and other areas in northern India become close to ‘London 1952’. In a ‘Covid season’, as Aiims Director R...
08 Nov, 2021, 12.18 AM IST
View: Diwali dulhania le jayenge, but don't forget the latest trend-fest — HalloweenI'm just thankful we haven't seen politicians add Halloween to the long list of election-friendly festivals ranging from Diwali to Chhat Pu...
06 Nov, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
Day after Diwali, Delhi records its poorest air quality in 5 yearsAccording to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR, stubble burning accounted for 36 per cent of Delhi's PM2.5 ...
05 Nov, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
Firecrackers, farm fires make Delhi's air quality 'severe'; relief likelyThe air quality had turned "severe" on Saturday evening with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of Delhi's PM2.5 pollution, but fir...
15 Nov, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Rockets blooming into marigolds, anaars sprouting into amaltas: Diwali is getting a green touch with these seed crackersRoshan Ray, founder of Seed Paper India, is among those experimenting with seed crackers, eco-friendly if a little pricey.
09 Nov, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' post-Diwali, but AQI better than last 3 yearsAccording to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research the overall air quality of the national capital is in the highe...
29 Oct, 2019, 11.08 AM IST
Ban on construction activities, entry of heavy vehicles in Delhi extended till MondayThe bans were extended by the Supreme Court-appointed agency on the recommendations of a Central Pollution Control Board-led task force, wh...
10 Nov, 2018, 09.45 PM IST
Central government's 42-point action plan to prevent pollution in limboccording to Namit Arora, who is a consultant with the Dialogue and Development Commission and was involved with implementing the Odd-even s...
07 Nov, 2016, 12.06 AM IST