EnvironmentAt a Dhaka University and Stockholm University seminar, Professor Abdus Salam said winter air from the Indo-Gangetic plain can push PM2.5 to 500 micrograms per cubic metre, and that black carbon in Dhaka fell after two-stroke engines were banned.
EnvironmentThe Helsinki-based CREA estimates 57.8 million Indonesians breathed unhealthy to hazardous air in September. PM2.5 in Kalimantan was 24 times the WHO annual limit.
CropsA survey of 1,588 farmers finds four in five who remove straw instead of burning it plan to continue, while a second study shows commercial satellite images catch far more burnt fields in Punjab.
EnvironmentYears of dumping beside the Dhaka-Barishal highway near Nilkhola bridge have brought stench, flies and smoke from burning waste; the municipal administrator says land for a new dumping station has been chosen at Nalchira.
EnvironmentThe Arabian Sea has long shielded Mumbai from pollution, but in 2026 the city's AQI has topped Delhi's for the second time; slow winds, rubbish burning and firecrackers are to blame, experts say.
EnvironmentFires linked to land clearing and an El Niño-driven drought have burned an estimated 1.9 million hectares, closed schools in Malaysia and put Singapore at the top of a world pollution ranking.
EnvironmentFourteen clay kilns at an unlicensed works in Panchgargaria village, Kamalerpara union, Saghata, Gaibandha, burn wood for charcoal in the middle of crop fields; residents complain of breathing problems and damage to crops and trees.
HealthThe Global Climate and Health Alliance's assessment of 132 national climate plans puts India joint-bottom with Japan and New Zealand, noting its plan does not mention air pollution; Colombia, Nigeria and Cambodia lead.
EnvironmentState Pollution Control Board readings put the AQI at 314 and 320 at two spots in Dasnagar, Howrah; festival-season traffic, fog and falling temperatures are expected to push pollution higher.
Writer and researcher Gawher Nayeem Wahra argues that from a poultry farm beside a Jhenaidah madrasa to charcoal kilns burning jute sticks, air pollution is spreading well beyond Dhaka.
CropsAgriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told states to act district by district, use 3.54 lakh residue machines fully and patrol after 3 pm, when satellites miss fires. Haryana's cases fell 53.3%.
EnvironmentAhead of the dry season, Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo told housing developers' body REHAB to enclose sites, cover materials, spray water at least twice a day and use eco-friendly blocks instead of bricks; developers asked the government to watch block quality and cost.
EnvironmentThe first baseline survey by CEGIS and the Arannayk Foundation found PM2.5 of 102 micrograms per cubic metre in the Sarankhola range against a national limit of 35; researchers point to dust from unloading clinker and coal.
