Mumbai is running out of breath. Powerful reporting by Vinaya Deshpande for The Hindu shows how toxic air is already hurting children and families. Data is clear. Damage is visible. Action is missing. माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC Central Pollution Control Board CSIR-NEERI Sumaira Abdulali #RightToBreathe #MumbaiAir

STORY | India sets its own air standards; global rankings not official: Govt The government on Thursday told Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority and that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) air

India can’t keep deflecting on air pollution. With 13 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities here, PM2.5 limits set 8x higher than WHO norms, and 1.6M premature deaths linked to dirty air, experts say it’s time to align policy with health-based science, not excuses. Report by

As the poison in the Delhi air reaches deadly levels & the AQI is five times the IQ of the average minister I look at the deterioration in the quality of life for Indians India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today theprint.in/opinion/sharp-…

Courtesy: Sanjay Rohida ⛔⛔⛔⛔⛔⛔⛔ By all means avoid JVLR today... It's unbelievably jam today. Left ofc at 3pm for a mtng at Thane scheduled at 415pm It's now 6pm and I hv yet to cross Hiranandani. Cancelled the mtng and heading home... Pls post this msg

We have seen an increase in the number of patients. There is also a change in the demographics of some diseases. For example, lung cancer was virtually unknown in non-smokers, and today it is occurring just as much in non-smokers as in smokers: Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairman, Chest

For a week, 3 HT reporters tracked pollution levels in #Delhi not only outdoors but inside spaces where vulnerable populations spend much of their day — at AIIMS, a private school in Rohini, & at home. By Jasjeev Gandhiok Ridhima Gupta GargiiiShukla hindustantimes.com/india-news/del…

When weather and pollution quietly become the biggest opponent…..and an impediment to many grand hopes and dreams

The biggest tragedy of India’s fight against pollution is that it a reduced to individual coping while the state has abdicated its fiduciary responsibility towards it. Those who can are working a way out, those who can’t are getting salami sliced one breath at a time. There is

An important article by Dr Soumya Swaminathan and myself explaining how the diabetes epidemic in #Tamilnadu can be tackled by a little tweaking of the Public Distribution System (PDS) by giving more dhal and little less sugar and rice. M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் Ma Subramanian - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் CMOTamilNadu

If rain can't bring pollution down, little fat chance that the water sprinklers pushed by the govt can.

Mumbai woke up under a thick blanket of smog as air quality dipped into the “unhealthy” category, with the city’s AQI reaching 246. Areas like Sion and Wadala experienced even worse pollution, prompting health warnings for residents amid hazy skies. The dense haze obscured views

People don’t realise the severity of the air pollution in Mumbai. This was at 5:00pm the first photo is over Thane creek and the second is just before touchdown at BOM✈️

Gurgaon saw worst January air in 9 years Commission for Air Quality Management Central Pollution Control Board Dr. Manoj Kumar AQI Manas Human timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/j…

Parents: CHILDREN who never had breathing issues ARE suddenly ON NEBULISERS. The coughing doesn't stop. Air purifiers run all day. Paediatricians: WE'RE SEEING CHRONIC COUGHS THAT NEVER FULLY HEAL. MOST URGENT: Public Transport and the END of NEEDLESS Redevelopment/Construction!

Delhi’s winters used to invite us out. Chatais in parks, food from home, long afternoons that stretched into cold evenings. Public space felt shared, generous, alive. Now winter arrives with masks, sealed doors and air purifiers humming indoors. We check AQI before stepping out.

Since dust is an invisible hazard, the risk of its ill effects is grossly underperceived; research shows that construction dust causes serious health issues not only among workers, but also to residents living near construction sites ✍️Kamarajan M. thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…

Mumbai airport introduced an eight-minute free parking window at Terminal 2 after complaints over pickup charges. A mid-day test drive found the window too tight during peak hours, with many visitors unaware of the free option By: Madhulika Ram Kavattur , Ritika Gondhalekar

Around 60% of trips in India are under 4 km and 80% under 6 km, yet we pour money into urban highways while not even 10% of cities have continuous sidewalks. It’s a policy failure that encourages usage of private transportation, discourages public transit & increases AQI.

Historical context matters, but inevitability is being overstated. Britain and China polluted before the damage was fully understood and before cleaner tech existed. India is polluting after the science is settled and solutions are cheaper and known. That changes the moral