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THE GREAT INDIAN RESCUE
How They Did It • Surmounting all odds, multiple men and agencies worked tirelessly for over 400 hours to rescue the 41 trapped workers from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand
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THE POLICE VERSUS THE NIA
PLAYING THE DIVISION GAME
THE HALAL HULLABALOO
THE ROW
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FUTURE IMPERFECT
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SKILFUL MOVE
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NEW PERILS OF SMOG • Pollution in the air is not just a depressing sight. New science is shedding light on how insidious its impact is on the human body, condemning it to a range of deadly ailments—from COPD to cancer, renal to cardiovascular disease
WHAT IS POLLUTION? • Anything toxic in air, water, or any substance is a pollutant. Air pollution is caused when cars, factories and the burning of fossil fuels produce highly concentrated carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and hydrocarbons. These react with sunlight to produce smog, a thick fog or haze
THE MOST POLLUTED CITIES • IN MARCH THIS YEAR, 39 OF THE TOP 50 POLLUTED CITIES IN THE WORLD WERE IN INDIA, ACCORDING TO IQAir
AQI IN KEY CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD ON NOV. 29 THIS YEAR
HOW TO CLEAN UP • Four main sources contribute to pollution in our cities—transport, construction, coal-based power plants and agriculture. Here is how we can address them
Toxicity in Motion • First, we need to have fewer vehicles on the roads. For that you need a fast, efficient mass transport system. Clean fuels should be next
The Dark Truth • Coal-based power plants may meet most of our energy needs, but in the long term it is imperative that India explore renewable energy sources
A Building Frenzy • The infrastructure boom has led to unregulated construction activity. The solution is not a total ban, but a graded response plan
Unhappy Seeders • The government’s schemes are not incentive enough for farmers to shift from stubble burning or paddy cultivation
A GLASS NEARLY FULL • SIX MONTHS ON, THE CONGRESS REGIME HAS ROLLED OUT FOUR OF THE FIVE PRE-POLL ‘GUARANTEES’, BUT A FEW HICCUPS REMAIN
BLANKET COVERAGE? • The guarantees currently reach nearly two-thirds of Kannadiga households
POLITICS OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME • Seeking to channel football’s all-pervading popularity in Bengal towards extending political control, the Trinamool Congress is spreading its tentacles in the sport’s administration
TMC’S BALL CONTROL • The Mamata Banerjee government has a tight grip on Bengal’s footballing landscape
The Retreat of a Moveable Feast • The iconic dabbawalas of Mumbai, who brought lunch on time, now have time running out on them. Feted globally as masters of logistics, they have a tough delivery to make: a future for themselves in a post-Covid world ruled by food delivery apps
INSTITUTION UNTO THEMSELVES • Those magnificent men in their...