The Union government’s implementation of four consolidated labour codes from November 21, 2025, is set to reverberate beyond policy circles and into the stock market. Market strategists say labour-intensive sectors including chemicals & paints, autos and auto ancillaries, oil & petrochemicals, metals and pharmaceuticals will attract the most attention when…
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Supreme Court: Perennial GRAP Not Solution for Delhi Air
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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SC Seeks CAQM Report on Delhi Pollution Crisis
The Supreme Court of India, in a key hearing held on 3 November 2025, has directed the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file detailed affidavits outlining the steps being taken to prevent air quality…
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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…