Environmental damage caused during a war carries immense health risks for the people, but the air in India is no less; it's a silent killer.

Each winter, Delhi slips back into a familiar emergency. A thick blanket of toxic smog settles over the city, visibility reduces, schools shut, flights are disrupted, and hospitals report a surge in ...

Only 15% population lives within 10 km of a continuous monitor, says the latest State of India’s Environment report ...

In September, Climate Crossroads traveled to Scripps Institution of Oceanography for RamFest 2025, a symposium celebrating the illustrious career of Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a visionary in climate ...

When Arun Krishnamurthy was a child in the 1990s, his middle-class suburb in Chennai, India, was only half built. He didn’t have to wander far from his house to find green fields and lakes, where he ...

In India, much of the population breathes air that is 10 times more polluted than what the World Health Organization considers safe. In a study released April 15 in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, ...

People holding banners and posters protest against Delhi’s poor air quality and demand that the government take action to curb pollution, New Delhi, India, Nov. 9, 2025. Credit: X/CPIML Liberation On ...

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together comprise the National Capital Region (NCR), has been alarming in recent weeks. The problem is not new; it has been a recurring phenomenon largely ...

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Streetlights struggle to pierce through the thick haze in the early morning in Delhi’s Seelampur neighborhood. Beneath the suffocating shroud, 38-year-old construction worker Raju Kumar coughs ...