Reporter Chokes On Air

The Centre's pollution control board on Friday ordered states and local bodies to be in "complete readiness" for emergency measures to tackle New Delhi's worsening smog conditions.

A good number of Delhi families may be giving up on the city. If Manas Fuloria's impending shift from Gurugram to Dehradun is any indication, a wave of migration out of the seasonally choked Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) may be in full swing. Nothing that the senior IT executive has done till now - multiple air purifiers, air quality monitors...

India's capital city of New Delhi, choked by rising automobile emissions and construction dust, was named on Wednesday the world's most polluted megacity by the World Health Organization, which analyzed the levels of the pollutant PM10 in the air in cities with populations above 14 million between 2010 and 2016.

The Green Court today delivered a blistering criticism of the Arvind Kejriwal government's Delhi Odd-Even rule and pointing to various other measures that could have been taken, said the government should not "test its patience". The court okayed the plan, which will be implemented from Monday, but banned most exemptions -- including to two-wheeler...

Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan today rebutted the allegations of the Delhi government that the Centre had been aloof about the smog that has been choking the national capital, saying one cannot launch "surgical strikes" against pollution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, has been monitoring the situation but insisted that a solution...

Award-winning sports journalist Michael Eaves reporting on a basketball match when he suddenly began having difficulty speaking. The visibly uncomfortable reporter tried to keep going with his report but soon began coughing, admitting he had swallowed a bug. It's his surprising composure and candid admission that is winning him fans on social media...

New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog Monday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, with authorities reporting record levels of pollution in parts of the capital.

The Centre's pollution control board on Friday ordered states and local bodies to be in "complete readiness" for emergency measures to tackle New Delhi's worsening smog conditions.

A good number of Delhi families may be giving up on the city. If Manas Fuloria's impending shift from Gurugram to Dehradun is any indication, a wave of migration out of the seasonally choked Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) may be in full swing. Nothing that the senior IT executive has done till now - multiple air purifiers, air quality monitors...

India's capital city of New Delhi, choked by rising automobile emissions and construction dust, was named on Wednesday the world's most polluted megacity by the World Health Organization, which analyzed the levels of the pollutant PM10 in the air in cities with populations above 14 million between 2010 and 2016.

The Green Court today delivered a blistering criticism of the Arvind Kejriwal government's Delhi Odd-Even rule and pointing to various other measures that could have been taken, said the government should not "test its patience". The court okayed the plan, which will be implemented from Monday, but banned most exemptions -- including to two-wheeler...

Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan today rebutted the allegations of the Delhi government that the Centre had been aloof about the smog that has been choking the national capital, saying one cannot launch "surgical strikes" against pollution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, has been monitoring the situation but insisted that a solution...

Award-winning sports journalist Michael Eaves reporting on a basketball match when he suddenly began having difficulty speaking. The visibly uncomfortable reporter tried to keep going with his report but soon began coughing, admitting he had swallowed a bug. It's his surprising composure and candid admission that is winning him fans on social media...

New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog Monday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, with authorities reporting record levels of pollution in parts of the capital.