Bengaluru strikes a chord for recycling with Vasu Dixit and Shraddha Jain

IANS | January 21, 2026 4:52 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) Invaluables Bengaluru has launched ‘Recycle Resolutions’, a culture-led campaign featuring musical reels by comedian-creator Shraddha Jain, popularly known as Aiyyo Shraddha, and musician Vasu Dixit, aimed at encouraging citizens to follow simple waste practices that improve recyclability and uphold the dignity of the city’s waste pickers.

Delhi-NCR air remains in ‘very poor’ category; winter chill eases

IANS | January 21, 2026 8:56 AM

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Air pollution levels across Delhi-NCR continued to remain alarming on Wednesday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 380 at 8:00 a.m., placing the region firmly in the ‘very poor’ category, according to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Delhi-NCR chokes under 'severe' pollution as AQI soars past 450

IANS | January 19, 2026 9:19 AM

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Air pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) have shattered previous records over the past few days, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) across the entire NCR, including Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, slipping into the "severe" category.

'Enthusiastic response': Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena overjoyed by kite festival's popularity

IANS | January 18, 2026 9:34 PM

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena, on Sunday, expressed joy and contentment over the "enthusiastic response" of public to the Third International Kite Festival of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at Baansera grasslands near the Yamuna.

WEF Summit: Gujarat Dy CM Harsh Sanghavi to lead state-level delegation in Davos

IANS | January 18, 2026 4:57 PM

Gandhinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) As India preps up for its power-packed representation at the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF), a high-level delegation of the Gujarat government led by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi is set to make its presence felt at the five-day-long Summit, widely perceived as the gathering of global elites.

India's first-ever open-sea marine fish farming project launched in Andaman

IANS | January 18, 2026 4:28 PM

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, launched India's first-ever open-sea marine fish farming project from the Andaman Sea on Sunday.

Delhi-NCR tightens curbs as AQI nears 'severe+' mark

IANS | January 17, 2026 10:31 PM

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The National Capital Region (NCR) has once again come under the harshest anti-pollution restrictions as the Air Quality Index (AQI) surged dangerously close to the “Severe+” category on Saturday.

Cold wave, dense fog grip Delhi-NCR; air quality slips to ‘severe’ category

IANS | January 17, 2026 8:38 AM

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) woke up to another harsh winter morning on Saturday, with icy temperatures, dense fog and hazardous air quality combining to intensify discomfort across North India.

Air quality slips to ‘very poor’ category; cold wave, dense fog grips Delhi-NCR

IANS | January 16, 2026 9:09 AM

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The air quality deteriorated sharply on Friday morning in Delhi-NCR, with several areas recording Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in the “very poor” category, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Karuna Abhiyan: Gujarat’s statewide compassion initiative saves over 4,900 birds

IANS | January 15, 2026 6:21 PM

Ahmedabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Gujarat’s Karuna Abhiyan, a flagship state initiative aimed at rescuing and treating injured birds during Uttarayan when hundreds of kites are flown across the state on Makar Sankranti, has recorded significant success this year.