environment

Cold New Year grips India as snow blankets Kashmir, rain drenches Mumbai

From biting cold in Delhi and snowfall in the Himalayas to unseasonal rain in Mumbai, 2026 begins with dramatic weather swings across the country.

I get allergies in Delhi, says Nitin Gadkari as capital slips back into severe pollution

Delhi reels under cold wave as air quality nears severe

Winter session ends abruptly as Delhi air pollution debate fizzles out

Delhi chokes under toxic haze as air quality turns ‘severe’ for second day

With AQI readings soaring past 450 in several areas, the capital faces its worst pollution of the year; construction banned, vehicular restrictions tightened under Stage III emergency curbs.

Over 20,000 vehicles penalized as Delhi ramps up anti-pollution crackdown

With winter smog deepening, the Commission for Air Quality Management bans non-Delhi BS-III commercial vehicles as police issue over 20,000 challans under GRAP-2 since October 19.

Delhi chokes on toxic air ahead of Diwali, AQI soars past 400 in worst-hit areas

Akshardham, Anand Vihar see ‘severe’ pollution as city battles sixth day of hazardous air; authorities deploy sprinklers amid stagnant weather.

Delhi chokes ahead of Diwali: Toxic haze thickens as AQI breaches 300 in several areas

Capital’s air turns “poor” for fourth straight day; doctors warn of health crisis as pollution spikes across NCR.

Himachal Pradesh’s cold desert biosphere reserve becomes India’s 13th UNESCO-listed site

Spanning 7,770 sq km in Lahaul and Spiti, the high-altitude Cold Desert Reserve joins the elite World Network of Biosphere Reserves under UNESCO’s man and the biosphere program, preserving a fragile alpine ecosystem.

Why Super Typhoon Ragasa intensified so rapidly and wreaked such damage

Ragasa underwent unusually fast strengthening as it travelled over very warm waters with low wind shear and excellent upper-level ventilation; satellite analyses, regional meteorological agencies and weather centres identify sea-surface heat, favourable atmospheric structure, a long open-water track and strong outflow as the main immediate causes.