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Weeds being removed from Doddajala lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Government launches new fund for environmental levies

Simrin Sirur 5 Feb 2026
Workers check the quality of a solar panel at the production line up at a manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Budget signals a shift in India’s climate and energy priorities

Kundan Pandey 3 Feb 2026
A marble mine in the Aravallis located adjacent to Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district, Rajasthan. Image by Ghazala Shahabuddin.

Shrinking Aravallis, rising dust pollution

Lekha Bandopadhyay 21 Jan 2026
A government vehicle sprinkles water to control air pollution in New Delhi. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Monitoring India’s clean air programme needs reimagining, suggests analysis

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2026
Citizens protest for action against air pollution in New Delhi in November 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

What India can learn from China’s approach to improving air quality [Commentary]

Tanushree Ganguly 14 Jan 2026
A blood sample is collected from a diabetic patient a health camp in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Older diabetics at risk of developing cardiovascular disease from air pollution

Simrin Sirur 13 Jan 2026
Vehicles move through dense smog in New Delhi in December 2025. (AP Photo)

People are leaving cities to escape toxic air

Shweta Thakur Nanda 7 Jan 2026

Disease-carrying microplastics in the air we breathe

Ravleen Kaur 6 Jan 2026
The Red Fort. Image by Amit Rawat via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Air pollution is the silent enemy of Indian monuments

Shilpa Raina 23 Dec 2025
A farmer burns crop residue after harvest near Bundelkhand expressway, around 330 km from New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Parliamentary committee makes widespread recommendations to improve air quality

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2025
Sushma Devi (in green), a paryavaran sakhi, demonstrates the use of an air quality monitor to women in Mahuda village, Dhanbad. Image courtesy of Deshaj Abhikram.

Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust

Vandana K. 11 Dec 2025
Office goers walk amidst dense smog. (AP Photo)

Air pollution smothers productivity

Shweta Thakur Nanda 8 Dec 2025

Why are Mumbai’s bakeries feeling the pinch of a recent change

Esha Lohia, Megha Acharya 8 Dec 2025
Workers at a bakery get newly baked pav ready for sale. Image by Megha Acharya/Mongabay-India.

Clean fuel mandate pushes Mumbai’s traditional pav bakeries away from coal

Esha Lohia 5 Dec 2025

The lab-field disconnect in the capital’s pollution crisis [Commentary]

Rajeev Kumar 1 Dec 2025
Pollution in Delhi hangs over an apartment complex. Representative image by Sumitmpsd via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cloud seeding not a proven solution for air pollution

Aisiri Amin 26 Nov 2025
A betel shop continues to operate, while the shop next door has shut, due to dwindling business following the shutting down of a thermal power plant in Talcher, Odisha. Image by Roli Srivastava.

The invisible fallout of thermal power plant closures on local economies

Roli Srivastava 31 Oct 2025
The Chenani-Nashri tunnel road. Representative image by Sidheeq via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The environmental cost of a tunnel road

Nikhil Sreekandan 30 Oct 2025

India’s urban-rural air quality divide

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Sep 2025
Kumari Sahu from Patharra village in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district shares concerns about the ethanol plant. Image by Ayushi Sharma/Mongabay India.

Ethanol push sparks concerns about food security, environment and health

Ayushi Sharma 22 Aug 2025