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As India's Capital Chokes on Toxic Smog, Top Doctor Warns: Flee Delhi if You Can Afford It

Delhi's air turns toxic as a top pulmonologist urges residents to leave the city if they can. Rising smog, lung damage and health risks spark urgent warnings.

International Business Times UK

Delhi AQI ‘fraud’: Water sprinklers cleaning the data, not the air?

Newslaundry had earlier reported how several of Delhi’s air quality monitoring stations were themselves in violation of basic norms, placed behind trees, beside walls, or hemmed in by buildings that obstruct airflow within the mandatory 20-metre radius. But it seems even that wasn’t enough. As the city’s air turned poisonous…

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Oct 30, 2025: As haze envelops Delhi, Jahangirpuri shows action plan is only on paper

With Delhi blanketed by haze, Newslaundry visited Jahangipuri, among the 13 pollution hotspots identified by the Delhi government.

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Indian authorities begin controversial cloud-seeding experiment over New Delhi

It is hoped that cloud-seeding over New Delhi will clear the city’s toxic air

The Independent UK

Delhi leaders accused of stocking up on air purifiers as ordinary people suffer in capital’s smog crisis

Delhi’s newly elected government is said to have sanctioned £5,200 for 15 air purifiers to be installed at its own offices, just days after India’s top court permitted the use of so-called ‘green’ fireworks for Diwali

The Independent UK

Reality check of the Yamuna ‘clean-up’: Animal carcasses, a ‘pond’, and open drains

The Rekha Gupta government in Delhi claims that it has reduced pollution in the Yamuna ahead of the Chhath festival. The water may not be fit to drink, but it’s supposedly clean enough for devotees to bathe in and perform rituals. From Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to her ministers –…

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Ground still wet, air stays toxic: A reality check at Anand Vihar air monitor after water sprinkler video

Amid allegations of data manipulation by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and reports of water sprinklers circling air quality monitors, Newslaundry visited the Anand Vihar air monitoring station – one of Delhi’s most polluted spots – to verify the claims.

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The Yamuna PR wash: Anchors interview Delhi CM next to ‘pond’, no question on pollution data

This weekend, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta sat for interviews with DD anchor Sudhir Chaudhary and Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap at Vasudev Ghat. The backdrop of these interviews wasn’t the river. It was apparently a man-made pond, which the AAP claims was filled with filtered water from the Sonia…

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India and China resume direct flights after five-year freeze as ties thaw

Flights from New Delhi to mainland China will begin in November

The Independent UK

TV Newsance 318: When Delhi choked, Godi Media celebrated

This week on TV Newsance, Sudhir Chaudhary makes a “revelation” that Newslaundry has been talking about for years – how Indian TV news channels are controlled by political powers and how TRP manipulation has destroyed journalism.

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Experts sceptical as Delhi starts trial to combat severe air pollution with artificial rain

Administrator says Indian capital ready for artificial rain induced by cloud seeding

The Independent UK

Awful and Awesome Ep 396: Search, Wayward, the good old days of MTV

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India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city

Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’

The Guardian - UK

India Trials Delhi Cloud Seeding To Combat Deadly Smog

India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.

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Toxic air, confined indoors: Delhi doesn’t let its children breathe

Days after Diwali, Delhi’s air remains toxic.

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Reporting on power without proximity: What it takes to run a newsroom away from Delhi

What are the challenges and opportunities of building credible journalism away from the centre? How do organisations navigate limited resources and local pressures to shape national conversations from regional vantage points? And what are the highs and the lows of steering newsrooms across India’s diverse landscapes?

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October 23, 2025: ‘Very poor’ air for Delhi police headquarters

The Delhi Police is tasked with enforcing restrictions on firecrackers. But it faces questions after the air pollution peak observed after Diwali. Last year, Newslaundry had reported how firecracker violations were allegedly treated with kid gloves.

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As Punjab gets attention, data suggests Haryana, UP contribute to over a third of Delhi’s PM 2.5

Punjab takes the heat for Delhi’s foul air. But the headlines often miss Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, which contribute significantly to the toxic mix.

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The Independent UK

Delhi’s rich accused of setting off ‘revenge fireworks’ after years-long Diwali ban

Hospitals across Indian capital see surge in respiratory illnesses as air pollution worsens after celebration of Hindu festival

Euronews

New Delhi blanketed by thick smoke after Diwali fireworks causing hazardous levels of air pollution

Firecrackers filled the air with smoke and fine particles that mixed with seasonal pollution and stagnant weather conditions.

The Guardian - UK

Delhi awakes to a toxic haze after Diwali as pollution season begins

Air breathed by people in the city categorised as ‘severe’ in quality after fireworks contribute to thick smog

Newslaundry

Oct 21, 2025: The air outside BJP office after Amit Malviya cheered firecrackers

Despite Supreme Court restrictions, Diwali celebrations were a free-for-all. Fireworks burst across Delhi and its satellite cities well past midnight, pushing the AQI to the severe category in parts of the city.

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‘Music to ears’, ‘burn the hearts of many’: TV anchors, BJP IT cell and the great Diwali gaslight

Delhi woke up on Tuesday to a familiar sight – a city smothered in its own smoke. The morning after Diwali, the city-wide AQI reportedly averaged 451 at 7 am, higher than the national safe limit.

The Independent UK

Delhi AQI soars above 1,000 after court permits Diwali fireworks

Air quality data shows 36 of Indian capital’s 38 monitoring stations now in ‘red zone’

The Independent UK

Thick smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks, pushing air quality to hazardous levels

Thick smog is blanketing New Delhi after Diwali celebrations with fireworks sent air pollution levels soaring

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