Jacob Koshy
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Gen-2 joined green crackers | Explained (opens the original)
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Story so far: On September 30, the Supreme Court ruled out a nationwide firecracker ban and accepted CSIR-NEERI’s recommendation for a “limited and conditional relaxation”. This allows the manufacture of next-generation joined green crackers that meet noise, emission and safety norms ahead of Diwali. The Bench said it would not permit 24-hour bursting and would consider fixed time windows. They are crackers whose chemistry has been reworked to release less particulate matter than conventional on
Southwest monsoon ends with 12% deficit (opens the original)
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India’s 2026 southwest monsoon ended with 759.4 mm of rain, 12.6% below the 868.6 mm normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. At 87% of the Long Period Average (LPA), this is the lowest rainfall recorded during the monsoon season since 2015, which was a tad drier at 758.2 mm. The east and northeast region, which recorded 1,017.1 mm of rainfall, had its driest monsoon since 1901, or since the IMD started to keep systematic records. The subdued rainfall was in line with
Delhi announces vehicle curbs, work-from-home, construction bans for winter pollution (opens the original)
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With the southwest monsoon on the wane and the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) bracing for a spike in winter pollution, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav chaired a meeting Monday (September 28, 2026) with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi Environment Minister Maninder Sirsa, and senior officials of the Commission for Air Quality Management formalising a permanent institutional ‘action plan’ approach to addressing winter pollution here. Delhi will restrict the entry of vehicles
âSuper El Niñoâ projected to cause 15,800 additional heat deaths in India, says report (opens the original)
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India could see an estimated 15,800 additional heat-related deaths, give or take 1,600, between September 2026 and February 2027, as the current âSuper El Niñoâ drives unusually high temperatures, according to a report made public on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) by the Climate Impact Lab. The estimate is relative to average conditions during the corresponding months from 1996-2025. Globally, the report projects 451,000 additional heat-related deaths during the first six months of the El N
Pollution from winter waste burning in cities three times higher than summer, study finds (opens the original)
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Open waste burning rises sharply in winter across different categories of Indian cities, with the average incidence, quantity of waste burned, and associated emissions as much as three times higher than in summer, according to a working paper by the World Resources Institute (WRI) India, made public on Thursday (September 10, 2026). The findings come as cities approach the post-monsoon period, when falling temperatures and stagnant atmospheric conditions typically make it harder for pollutants t
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