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From cosmetic controls to individual and collective responsibility: Clean air by prevention at the source, enforcement, and public participation — not seasonal measures or pollute-and-clean gimmicks. Vehicles, industry, and construction dust are the main year-round pollution sources, yet responses remain short-term. Strong health evidence is often downplayed, exposing gaps in accountability and urgency. Beijing’s enforcement-led…

In early December 2025, IndiGo, the country’s largest domestic aviation carrier with more than 60% of the market, faced a crew-rostering and compliance shock. The immediate results were visible: flight cancellations multiplied across metros and smaller cities, delays spread through airport networks, and the DGCA was compelled to cut IndiGo’s winter programme to restore operational…

India saw three shocking killings in just one month. These were not accidents — they were acts of hate. This is worrying and dangerous, because it shows how treating some people as “outsiders” is slowly becoming normal. Should young people and workers be scared to travel or study in their own country? A 24-year-old MBA…

Silly AI videos are bad for business and grey cells, but don’t blame AI. It’s a great creative tool in the right hands A Pew survey in summer found that 45% of Americans want to live in the past, as against 40% who are happy with the present. Don’t be surprised if some of those…

Recent viral clips of American far-right and neo-Nazi political activist Nick Fuentes making racist attacks on Indians, Indian food, and Indian-origin Americans have brought renewed focus on his agenda and growing influence positioning on American politics and culture. His strident opposition on racist grounds to Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s bid for governorship of Ohio as…

I spent these December weekends doing what digital editors now perhaps do on long weekends –  watching lines fall. Traffic charts, update notes, before-and-after comparisons, the familiar ritual of trying to locate meaning in a graph that refuses to explain itself. Somewhere between the third dashboard refresh and the fourth theory, Sahir Ludhianvi drifted in…

You may have seen silly videos online—like animals doing strange things—that look real but are actually made by AI. These videos can be funny, but too many of them can be bad for our brains. Still, we shouldn’t blame AI itself. In the right hands, AI can be a great creative tool. A recent survey…

In the smog-choked winter of Northern India, a profound philosophical question becomes alarmingly practical: Is life worth living when the very air you breathe is toxic? Albert Camus argued that happiness—or more broadly, wellbeing—is our moral obligation. Yet, for millions of Indians, this obligation is smothered under a blanket of “particulate matter” (PM). This is…

As the winter air in a small hamlet near Rajouri is sharp enough to sting one’s breath, yet there is an unmistakable warmth spreading through the village. An elderly man with decades of hardship etched across his face stands near the patch of land where his new home is soon to rise. His trembling hands…

The racial attack on a young man from Tripura pursuing his MBA in Dehradun—being called “chinki,” “momo,” “Chinese”—is not merely offensive. It is infuriating, and it strikes at the very idea of India.                                            …