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If you’ve ever lived in north India during the winter and struggled to breathe, you’re likely familiar with the acronym NCAP – the National Clean Air Programme. Launched by the environment ministry, it sets clear air targets for 131 cities that are required to reduce particulate concentration in the air.

After surviving the first deadly explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on October 17, 2023, it became obvious to British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah that “the destruction and the systematic dismantlement of the health system was going to be a central tenet of the Israeli military doctrine”. 

British outlet Financial Times’ chief economics commentator Martin Wolf has termed “today’s economically dynamic India” as former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s legacy.

BJP’s Kalkaji candidate Ramesh Bidhuri has done it again. Months after directing slurs at MP Danish Ali, his remarks on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Delhi chief minister Atishi have now reportedly triggered disquiet within sections of the BJP. 

हफ्ता घने कुहरे और शीतलहर की चपेट में गुजर रहा था. हस्तिनापुर में चुनावी सरगर्मियां थीं. डंकापति पुरानी रंगत में लौट आए थे. छोटे नवाब और राजकुंवर भी ज़ोर आजमाइश कर रहे थे. हस्तिनापुर की जनता इस खेल का पूरा मजा ले रही थी. 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Union government’s Department of Personnel and Training as well as states to furnish a timeline to fill up vacancies in the central information commission and various state information commissions, according to Bar and Bench.

From Gujarat to Kerala, several parties and leaders brand their governance record in states as models of development. The “Delhi model”, tomtommed by the Aam Aadmi Party, is among the latest entries to the list.

Aaj Ka AQI is a new show aimed at fixing accountability for a solution to India’s air crisis. For the tenth episode, Newslaundry went to the Central Pollution Control Board’s office on Tuesday. 

On January 1, Mukesh Chandrakar sent me a link on WhatsApp to a story that he and Nilesh Tripathi had worked on, about the conditions of the schools in Naxal-affected Bastar. Three hours later, he would go missing.