The cost of Tuesday’s two flights alone is estimated at ₹1.2 crore (approximately) as part of the pilot. While rainfall did not materialise, IIT Kanpur reported modest reductions in particulate matter (PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀) at test locations, roughly 6 to 10 per cent lower concentrations.
There is nothing to show that the Election Commission has acted on any of the concerns or on any other issue of impropriety by the members and supporters of the BJP. What it has done instead is to ask Kejriwal for an explanation for his statement about the pollution of the Yamuna water and proof with regard to the remarks he has made on that score.
Addressing mayors of BJP ruled urban bodies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a holistic approach to plan cities and urban spaces.
Addressing mayors of...
During the 2019 election campaign, then BJP president and now Home Minister, Amit Shah, described Bengali-speaking Muslims in border states as ‘termites’—invoking the same...
Three years since the alleged success of the sanitation intervention, the ruling BJP repeatedly labels the campaign a ‘success’. The party now mentions open...
The tenth round of India-Bangladesh friendship dialogue will be an all-out BJP participation, say sources. Participants are miffed because they won’t have time to...
The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.
South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.
The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.