Soumya Pillai

Established by Vedic scholar ABS Sastry in 1999, SRIVT in Guntur is now a recognised PhD centre for several IITs. Sastry says he is in talks with BITS to develop courses for future engineers and scientists.

In 2016, country's apex pollution watchdog told NGT that plant was ‘safe’. Four years on, its report said presence of metals in bottom ash & fly ash mostly 'below detection levels'.

Though there's no official confirmation, several Argentine media outlets report it was the nation's climate change-denialist President Javier Milei who ordered delegation to withdraw.

39 categories of 'white industries' will no longer need dual environmental permits to start operations. Activist worries it'll weaken pollution monitoring, set a 'dangerous precedent'.

Analysis of images from South Korea's geostationary satellite GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, which takes pictures every 5 minutes, shows farm fires have now merely shifted to post-afternoon hours.

Till Saturday, a majority of Delhi’s pollution load was from stubble fires (25.10%), followed by vehicular emission (12.58%), & contamination from neighbouring states.

Many localities including Ashok Vihar, Bawana, Dwarka, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, Najafgarh and Patparganj record 500 AQI.

Delhi's environment minister Gopal Rai said Tuesday govt is in talks for work-from-home options if pollution levels in Delhi continue to remain in severe-plus zone—above 450—in coming days.

India's national statement in Baku, Azerbaijan, also called on developed nations to take the lead in reducing emissions and allow adequate carbon space for developing countries.

ThePrint profiles five of Delhi's pollution warriors—ordinary citizens who have campaigned tirelessly, driven change, and kept the fight for clean air alive year after year.