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HomeCity: Delhi / NCR

City: Delhi / NCR

Health

Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty

January 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Lockdown and absence of midday meals has hit child nutrition badly. Even worse-off are the very poor and street children, who are struggling to secure a meal a day.

Health

Delhi: Kids go hungry even as foodgrains rot in overflowing godowns

January 19, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

The nutritional value of what the poor eat is not obtained from what they get with their ration card, but about what extra they can afford to put on the plate.

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood
Environment

Delhi: Super commission fiddles while air pollution turns deadly

January 8, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

It is still the Supreme Court that continues to drive government action towards bringing down air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

Environment

Delhi’s waste mountain is pushing up child mortality, but does anyone really care?

December 9, 2020 Sri Krishna

On the night of November 24th, a fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in the capital, choking an already severely polluted city.

Health

Delhi’s COVID numbers: Blame the people, not air pollution

December 5, 2020 K V Venkatasubramanian

The hike in penalty for not wearing the mask has only led to a new trend. Masks have slid down the nose and mouth, and rest on the chin.

Civic

Chandni Chowk, from Shah Jahan to Kejriwal

December 3, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Now, for pedestrians only! Delhi’s iconic 17th century market road gets a new look and modern makeover.

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood
Environment

Delhi struggles to breathe; can the new super commission bring relief?

November 25, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

No one really expected the CAQM to immediately clear up the smog. NCR residents will simply have to wait and hope it shows results next year. The question is, will it?

Health

Opinion: This Diwali, let’s just be selfish!

November 13, 2020 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

The issue around firecrackers is not a religious, cultural or legal one. It is one that concerns every one of us individually, our health and that of our children.

Civic

City Buzz: Hyderabad floods | COVID-19 vaccine in a few months | The top biomedical waste generator….and more

October 17, 2020 News Desk

A recap of important urban updates across the country over the past week

Civic

City Buzz: ICMR allows walk-in tests | Delhi at risk from super spreader dhabas | Ahmedabad survey shows reinfection risk

September 6, 2020 News Desk

India has now recorded more than 41 lakh COVID cases. Which are the worst affected states now? What are the changes in testing protocol? What are the latest updates from cities such as Delhi, Noida and Ahmedabad?

Infrastructure

Delhi electric vehicle policy: Ambitious targets, but is the capital ready?

August 31, 2020 Asha Ramachandran

The policy aims to make 25% of all new vehicles in Delhi electric, by the next four years. But it has no answers to some very critical questions that will determine its success.

Civic

City Buzz: COVID: 1.5 cr tests done | Vaccine trials underway | Unsafe medical waste disposal in Mumbai… and more

July 28, 2020 News Desk

A quick recap of key COVID-19 updates and other urban highlights over the last one week.

Civic

City Buzz: Human trials for COVAXIN | Hyd gets India’s first contactless parking | Obese patients in focus in Gurugram…and more

July 20, 2020 News Desk

Cities and citizens continue to focus on devising responses and strategies to battle and defeat the COVID pandemic. Some recent updates on key urban developments on that front

Civic

City Buzz: Lockdown returns to several cities | Shortage of crucial COVID-19 drugs in Mumbai | Delhi to start interstate buses…and more

July 12, 2020 News Desk

Check out latest COVID-19 updates and other news from our cities over the week gone by

Environment

Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata attain 95% of clean air targets during lockdown

July 3, 2020 News Desk

The lockdown period helped researchers understand the effects of human-generated emissions; this could tell policy-makers how they may achieve what the NCAP has targetted in the coming four years.

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