The state government, for the first time ever, has decided to physically scrap 11,000 vehicles under its use - mostly in Kolkata and Howrah - for being more than 15 years old and no longer meeting pollution norms.
India’s new national electricity plan is hailed by energy experts as a positive step for a country that is currently reliant on coal for around 75 percent of its electricity.
Each year, Delhi spends the winter choked in dangerous smog. So why is the scale of the problem not matched by a desperate, crisis-mode policy response?