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‘Sin’ tax within GST to prevent more sins
9 Aug 2016 10:25 PM GMTThe constitutional amendment to facilitate the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has brought a lot of cheer in the market. Naturally! GST will subsume all...
Signalling the death of diesel cars?
26 April 2016 10:31 PM GMTOminous results made public by the authorities in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France this past week show that emissions controls in diesel cars...
Ultimate focus of pollution control
11 Feb 2016 10:55 PM GMTFor the first time in India, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has assessed and asked for “health” to be the central focus of air...
Prompt action for pollution crisis
14 Jan 2016 8:43 PM GMTThe Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that Delhi government’s odd-even scheme would continue till January 15 as planned.The court said it would “not...
Science and politics of vehicular pollution
31 Dec 2015 8:00 PM GMTIt is odd how our air quality regulators track air pollution without linking the purpose of this exercise with health impacts. Wind-blown dust from...
The ‘don’t touch my car’ syndrome
24 Dec 2015 10:29 PM GMTI always find it very amusing when tonnes of evidence show up the moment there is any talk of reducing pollution from personal vehicles. Complex...
Volkswagen and the death of diesel?
22 Oct 2015 9:49 PM GMTLast month, the US authorities exposed a sinister plot hatched by the Volkswagen Group, one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers that make...
Volkswagen fraud raises pertinent doubts
25 Sep 2015 11:19 PM GMTOne of the biggest corporate frauds in the global automobile industry has come to light. The popular diesel car models of Volkswagen have been found...
Unable to move freely in our localities
24 Aug 2015 8:13 PM GMTOften the famous “last words” in any urban mobility conversation are about “last mile connectivity”. And I wonder, why “last mile”? Such a view is...
Time to ride a greener wave
9 Aug 2014 12:14 AM GMTTroubled by parking shortage and congestion in and around the premises of Supreme Court in Delhi, the Supreme Court Bar Association approached Chief...
Smog and health of aam aadmi
11 Jan 2014 11:40 PM GMTDelhi is enveloped in the seasons’ worst killer smog at present. Over the past 24 hours the wind has nearly stopped blowing and cold has set in good...
Return of Capital smog
8 Nov 2013 10:33 PM GMTWinter smog is back with vengeance. Early onset of cool and calm weather coupled with Diwali aftermath and the daily dose of pollution has ...