Killer smog worsens: The Smog in north India worsens; India's Pollution Board says prepare for emergency; Half of Delhi’s children have irreversible lung damage; over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution

Militant attack in Manipur: Assam Rifles Commandant, his family members are among seven killed in ambush

Chip shortages: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India declined by 27 per cent year-on year in October with semiconductor shortage hitting production 

The human cost of coal mining: Among workers most susceptible to tuberculosis, coal-miners in a state-owned colliery in West Bengal laboured through the pandemic even when sick; Under-reporting of deaths, leaving vaccination to workers, loss of pay when ill—the experiences of miners and supervisors contradict the claims of a subsidiary of the world’s largest coal-mining company

National Security Advisor speaks out against civil society: Ajit Doval says that civil society is the new frontier of war that can be manipulated to hurt a nation’s interests; civil society includes think tanks, citizen activists, independent researchers, and more