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This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor at The Hindu, and Dr Khinvraj Jangid, director and professor at the Centre for Israel Studies at OP Jindal Global University. 

Tommy Fleetwood plays with Brian Harman in the final group on Saturday at Delhi Golf Club

The Delhi government claims to be spending nearly Rs 800 crore to curb pollution in the capital. But it also seems to be turning a blind eye to fireworks that add to the very pollution it seeks to reduce.

As Punjab’s farmers struggle to complete delayed paddy harvests due to one of the worst floods in recent times, they face yet another pressure – to quickly clear fields to make way for Rabi crops.  

Guard booths outside houses are common in upscale neighbourhoods. They are encroachments, really. But unlike other areas, where these booths are made of wood with rolling tyres, in Jor Bagh, they are permanent concrete structures. 

The Irishman, playing with European captain Luke Donald and team-mate Tommy Fleetwood, leads the DP World India Championship.

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Supreme Court, which permitted the use of green firecrackers in Delhi NCR between October 18 and 20. The court directed that the district administration and police must ensure that firecrackers are burst at designated locations between 6 and 7 am…

Rory McIlroy left his driver out of his bag for the first round of the DP World India Championship with Delhi Golf Club just being too tight to hit his big dog

So-called green fireworks may emit less smoke than conventional ones in controlled tests, but scientists and doctors are sceptical about the difference in real-world impact

If you tried catching a bus, metro or train in Delhi last year, chances are you saw advertisements from the Uttarakhand government – wrapping metro gates, filling digital screens at railway stations, staring down from bus stops across the capital. 

Virendra Kumar, a former government staffer in Delhi, is a regular bus commuter. But in recent months, he finds himself waiting longer – several CNG buses in the city have been decommissioned, shrinking the fleet.