Recap 2025: 10 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto
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Simply Put: Confused Response Action Plan
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Hayli Gubbi’s Minimal Effect on South Asia Pollution
The recent major eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia did not increase the dangerous levels of air pollution plaguing South Asia, an analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has found. Rather, the pollution choking cities from Lahore to Dhaka is homegrown and stems from local and regional sources and…
GRAP-IV Triggers Emergency Pollution Measures
Delhi is once again choking. Air quality has deteriorated rapidly, emergency restrictions are back in force, and daily life across the city has been disrupted. Construction has stopped, offices are operating with limited staff, and schools are switching modes. Delhi and the National Capital Region are now under GRAP-IV, the strictest stage of India’s air-pollution…
GRAP-IV Enforced as AQI Hits Severe+ Levels
Authorities in Delhi and the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) invoked the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV on December 13, 2025, as air quality worsened to very poor levels. The GRAP framework was approved by the Supreme Court in 2016, and its implementation has since been overseen by the Commission for Air Quality Management. Governments in…
Is Below 200 Truly a ‘Good Day’ for Air Quality?
The Air Quality Index (AQI) has long served as a simple, public-facing tool to communicate daily air quality and the associated health risks. Standard AQI categories such as Good (0-50), Satisfactory (51-100), Moderate (101-200), Poor (201-300), and so on, are based on established scientific understanding of how pollution affects human health. Importantly, for most national…