New Delhi, November 17, 2025: The Supreme Court on Monday warned that imposing the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) throughout the year is neither practical nor desirable as a long-term remedy for Delhi’s crippling air pollution. The bench asked the Centre to convene stakeholders and states to design a durable…
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Supreme Court PIL Seeks Air Pollution Emergency
A public interest litigation filed by wellness advocate Luke Coutinho (styled in court papers as Luke Christopher Countinho) asks the Supreme Court to declare air pollution a national public-health emergency and direct immediate, time-bound action against toxic air across India. The petition contends that sustained breaches of national and global…
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Delhi Begins Cloud-Seeding Trials to Tackle Smog
The national capital is attempting an innovative measure to battle its persistent winter smog. On Tuesday, the New Delhi government carried out the city’s first full-scale cloud-seeding trial in coordination with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur). A specially equipped aircraft released salt-based and silver-iodide flares into moisture-laden…