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Hong Kong outdoor workers face rising heat risks
Hong Kong's outdoor laborers confront inadequate heat protections as the city warms rapidly, while Delhi's brief air quality improvement after rain quickly reverses.
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Delhi Jal Board launches digital tanker management system
The Delhi Jal Board is implementing a digital water tanker management system to address chronic shortages and inefficiencies in emergency water supply.
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CAQM inspection drive finds widespread violations
A major enforcement drive by the Commission for Air Quality Management detected violations in 85 out of 197 inspections across Delhi-NCR in September.
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Supreme Court Permits Diwali Green Crackers Amid Pollution
The Supreme Court allowed NEERI-approved green firecrackers for three days around Diwali 2025 in Delhi.
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Early El Niño disrupts monsoon, heatwaves, and Panama Canal
The 2023 El Niño developed months ahead of predictions, weakening India's monsoon, fueling global heatwaves, and reducing Panama Canal water levels.
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Sri Lanka's urban poor face contaminated, unreliable tap water
Low-income communities in Colombo struggle with unreliable, muddy tap water and new utility tariffs.
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Delhi civic bodies sterilise, vaccinate stray dogs
The MCD and NDMC told the Delhi High Court they have held multiple camps over three months to sterilise and vaccinate stray dogs in Anand Vihar.
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Delhi launches public campaign against air pollution
The Delhi government has launched a citywide awareness campaign to boost public participation in curbing air pollution.
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Activists launch campaign to end manual scavenging
The Safai Karmachari Andolan launched a one-year campaign to eradicate manual scavenging.
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Delhi offers free solar panels
The Delhi government has increased its subsidy for rooftop solar panels to ₹78,000.
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Oakland Institute report warns of mining's toll on land and water
A new report from the Oakland Institute warns the global scramble for critical minerals is devastating land and water, with African nations bearing a heavy cost.
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Shandong retires 555 coal units, cuts 17.5 GW of capacity
China's Shandong province has retired 555 small coal-fired power units since 2021, removing 17.5 gigawatts of capacity and reducing average coal consumption.
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Delhi's Lakshmi Yojana deposit maturity date can be revised
The Delhi government has built flexibility into its new women's financial aid scheme.
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Court rejects bid to stop blasting in Chinese white dolphin habitat
A court rejected an environmental NGO's lawsuit to stop a pier project involving underwater blasting in a key Chinese white dolphin habitat.
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Chinese firms reshape Indonesia's petrochemical ambitions
Chinese firms invest billions in Indonesia's petrochemical sector as Beijing tightens domestic emissions rules.
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Farm ponds fail to hold water in Bundelkhand
In Bundelkhand, weak monsoon rains and poorly built ponds are threatening farmers’ irrigation, as a strengthening El Niño raises doubts over water availability.