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Peepal Baba, who has planted more than 2.5 Crore trees across India and has been extremely vocal about Delhi's toxic air and pollution speaks to Abhinav Trivedi, Deputy Editor, LiveMint and exemplified how China & Australia have successfully done this. He suggests that India should deploy private sector companies to handle air pollution because they have the resources and expertise to handle the crisis. #pollution #delhi #news #peepaltree #peepalbaba #garden #airpollution #forest #delhipollution #delhipollutionnews #rekhagupta #abhinavtrivedi #narendramodi #environment #smog #diwali #crackers #punjab #haryana

Most of North and central India is likely to be affected by the cold wave, and is bracing for a temperature drop, according to the Meteorological Department.

Delhi continued to choke under ‘very poor’ air quality on Tuesday. Several parts of the city woke up to smog and haze.

IndiGo is facing one of its biggest operational crises in years. After massive flight cancellations and delays across major airports, IndiGo’s stock price crashed nearly 7% in Monday’s trading session. Delhi Airport has warned passengers that delays may continue, even as the airline attempts to stabilise operations by December 10. More than 400 flights were cancelled on Sunday alone, with IndiGo processing over ₹610 crore worth of automatic ticket refunds for affected passengers. The airline says it is recovering, operating around 1,650 flights today, up from 1,500 the previous day. The DGCA has issued a show-cause notice to IndiGo’s CEO for lapses in planning, staffing, and compliance with new FDTL rules. The regulator has extended the deadline for IndiGo’s response until December 8, cautioning against any further delay. IndiGo has also announced a full waiver on cancellation and rescheduling charges for travel between December 5 and 15. Watch the full video for the latest developments, timelines, and what this means for passengers and investors.

Among the 40 recorded monitoring stations, 29 remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Monday morning.

India-Russia trade hits $65B+ but very skewed! Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal demands balanced, diversified trade at Delhi Business Forum. India ready to flood Russia with automobiles, electronics, pharma, textiles, machinery & food. Services (IT, pharma) & agri exports in focus. Goal: fix trade imbalance, cut barriers, boost rupee-rouble payments. Both sides eye shared prosperity amid 8%+ Indian growth.

The annual hiring process at IIT campuses is now underway - and the reason why even you should care, is because this reflects the recruitment appetite of India and global companies. Now, this year what Mint has learnt is that you have the usual companies which are offering crore to crore salaries, nothing unusual out there. However, they will also be competing with the likes of a Microsoft, a Tesla, an Airbus, a Boeing, some very interesting health tech startups. Some of them have been founded by IIT alumni themselves. And this year, there's set to be one big shift - watch! #

Today morning, the area around the famous Akshardham Temple was shrouded in a layer of toxic smog, with an AQI of 383, classified as ‘Very Poor’.