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Decision on lifting odd-even rule on Guru Nanak Jayanti by Friday: Kejriwal

The fine for violation of the rule is Rs 4,000 under the amended Motor Vehicle Act

Delhi air quality improves significantly; odd-even, winds bring some relief

Delhi's overall air quality index improved significantly (from very poor to poor) on Thursday, more rapidly than predicted

Best of BS Opinion: Solutions for telecom crisis, RCEP deal, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Give UP, Haryana, Punjab farmers machines to help stop stubble burning: PM

This came on a day the Supreme Court lashed out at authorities for failing to curb severe air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.

A plan to check stubble burning: Kejriwal, Harsimrat share viable options

Punjab had on Tuesday recorded the season's highest farm fire count of 6,668 despite a recent Supreme Court order to completely halt stubble burning

Letter to BS: Farmers can make wooden boards out of rice stubble

It is a widely used technology in the West

Letter to BS: Crackers, farmers not the only reason for air pollution

We tend to somehow ignore the bigger causes of our misery that haunt us throughout the year

Greed, not fear, will remove Delhi smog

The reliance on perception of fear of the law will not solve this problem

Air pollution: Best air purifiers and masks that can help you breathe easy

Business Standard lists five anti-pollution gears that may be most efficient during poor and hazardous air quality in your city

Relief for Delhi-NCR as air quality improves to 'very poor' category

Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad too recorded 'very poor' overall air quality

Action plan for Delhi

Pollution requires a holistic response

Delhi air pollution: US tech to convert rice stubble into biofuel, not smog

The United States Trade Development Authority (USTDA) signed up to allocate a grant of $300,000-500,00 to Indian engineering firm, The Virgo Group, to carry out a 'scoping study'

Letters to BS: Common man needs fresh air, not toxic politics around it

The common man finds himself helpless, as always, hoping that better sense would prevail among the authorities, coaxing them to do the needful

Delhi air pollution: Plans to curb stubble burning remain a non-starter

Oil companies yet to start procuring stubble, agri-mechanisation remains half-baked

Air pollution: SC terms Delhi situation 'shocking', summons chief secretary

The bench expressed its anguish that authorities have "violated with impunity" the directions passed by the apex court as well the high courts in pollution matter

Air pollution: NGT for allowance to labourers hit by Delhi construction ban

The green panel said daily-wage workers who depend on construction sites to make a living are worst sufferers of the ban on construction activities as they have been rendered jobless

Air pollution: Need to buy air purifier? Here's how to pick the right one

Here are the factors that you should consider before zeroing in on an air purifier to buy

Delhi pollution: AQI still in 'severe' category, Odd-even enters Day 2

The odd-even scheme, which kickstarted on Monday has entered Day 2 with only odd-numbered non-transport vehicles allowed on Delhi roads

Thick cloud of toxic smog in Delhi presents a new challenge for airlines

As many as 37 flights were diverted on Sunday due to poor visibility caused by high concentration of smog in and around the Delhi airport

From masks to putting off events, how embassies are coping with Delhi air

The embassy spokesperson said N95 masks are being provided for the staffers, particularly those required to spend time outside