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The air quality in Delhi has plummeted to hit the ‘severe’ category for the first time this season, with the AQI breaching the 400 mark.

A slew of studies have shown a direct and serious impact of air pollution on GDP growth and per capita income levels. Workers' output declines, fewer consumers avail of consumption-led services, the productivity of assets is hampered, and health expenses soar.

Around 1.67 million deaths in India in 2019 could be attributed to air pollution, accounting for 17.8% of the total deaths. Can masks help reduce these deaths?

The analysis has been released at a time when Delhi’s air quality has plummeted to hit the ‘severe’ category for the first time this season. While on Thursday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city breached the 400 mark, it reached 476 the next day

What is UNESCO's Creative Cities Network? Which other Indian cities are part of it? What does inclusion in the network mean for a city? We explain

28 major countries meeting at Bletchley Park in the UK, the codebreaking hub during World War II, have agreed to collaborate to minimise risks from ‘frontier AI’

What kinds of collisions are most common? What causes most fatalities? What kinds of roads or conditions are the least safe? Which states have reported the most number of accidents.

Afghans have been moving to Pakistan for decades, fleeing the frequent conflicts in their own country. Why has Islamabad introduced a crackdown now?

How did the Palestinian territories of Gaza and West Bank end up split between Hamas and Fatah? Why would Israel want to boost Hamas at the cost of Fatah? On what basis is this claim made?

A new chapter has been added to the saga of the Singur land agitation that helped propel the TMC to power in 2011. What is this story that began more than 16 years ago?