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An aerial view of residential buildings shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

Pollution Curbs Lifted in Indian Capital Although Air Quality 'Very Poor'

Primary schools will reopen in India's capital New Delhi this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said on Monday, after pollution levels improved to the …

07 November 2022

Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Delhi's Air A 'Crime Against Humanity', Spurs Calls To Close Schools

Delhi's 20 million residents were effectively breathing smoke on Thursday as the air quality index (AQI) breached the "severe" and "hazardous" categories in nearly all monitoring stations of the…

03 November 2022

Employees work on an assembly line of Honda Motorcycles & Scootesr India at Vithalapur town in the western state of Gujarat, India, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India to Launch Flexi-Fuel Model by End-2024

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India plans to launch a flexi-fuel model of motorcycle in India by end-2024, the company's CEO said on Wednesday. "Our internal target is minimum, one model, the first…

19 October 2022

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris during their meeting in the Ceremonial Office at the White House on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Modi’s Reform Momentum Has Finally Hit a Wall in India

Investors must be wondering what promise New Delhi will break next as the ruling party tries to win upcoming state elections. First, the government made a U-turn on the three laws that Prime Minister…

Andy Mukherjee 27 November 2021

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