On Sunday night, hundreds of residents, including parents and environmental activists, staged a rare protest at India Gate, demanding immediate government action to tackle the crisis. Many demonstrators wore masks and held placards, one of which read, “I miss breathing.”(PTI)
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According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 344 by Monday morning, categorised as “severe” and far exceeding the World Health Organization’s safe limits.(AFP)
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New Delhi was engulfed in a dense layer of smog on Monday, with an acrid smell lingering in the air as pollution levels spiked, worsening the city’s ongoing public health emergency. A detained demonstrator holds a placard from inside a police vehicle during a protest demanding the government take action to reduce air pollution. (AFP)
A woman wearing a mask holds a poster during a protest demanding the government take action to reduce air pollution in New Delhi on November 9, 2025. (AFP)
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Initially, the protest took place amid high police deployment, with Delhi Police saying people had gathered without police permission. Protesters also claimed they had been threatened by the police and were told that they would register FIRs and detain them.(ANI)
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Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.
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US First Lady Melania Trump (R) and Second Lady Usha Vance write notes to place into a care package for deployed members of the US military during an American Red Cross holiday event with military families at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, December 1, 2025.
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IAF wing commander Afshan Akhtar, wife of late Namansh Syal, and other family members mourn as his remains were brought to his ancestral home in Kangra on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Nitish Kumar after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar during the swearing-in ceremony, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna
