-NDTV The local police inspector allegedly threatened to file charges under the National Security Act against Irshad Khan if he continued to Post about pollution on social media. Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): Cities in Uttar Pradesh may be topping the air pollution charts this season, but their police seem to have other priorities in mind. A tweet by a differently abled student to draw attention to an instance of stubble burning in...

-Scroll.in Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said that at least 2,473 houses were destroyed because of the cyclone. At least ten people were killed and 2.73 lakh families were affected in West Bengal as cyclone Bulbul pounded coastal areas of the state on Saturday, PTI reported. Five people were killed in separate incidents in North Parganas district, and one person died in Basirhat city when a tree fell on him, while another man...

-The Tribune Chandigarh: The Punjab Government’s policy of delaying sowing of paddy has resulted in deteriorating air quality, a study carried out by researchers of Harvard University, US, has found. The study titled “Detection of delay in Post-monsoon agricultural burning across Punjab, India: potential drivers and consequences for air quality” carried out by Tianjia Liu of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Loretta J Mickley of the School of Engineering...

  Air quality in North India in general and Delhi National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) in particular plunged to its lowest point in recent years during October-November thanks to a variety of factors. Through media reports one comes to know that stubble burning (also called paddy straw burning/ crop residue burning) is chiefly responsible for the public health crisis in India's capital and its nearby regions. Data accessed from the website...

-Hindustan Times Studies show that natural disasters tend to lower life expectancy more in women than in men. The recent Bihar floods and flood alert warnings in Kerala are just the latest in a long line of natural disasters that periodically strike in India, leaving behind a trail of devastation. The focus afterwards is on assessing the loss of lives and economic cost and, of course, rehabilitation. But though it is...