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  • Insight • In the News • January 28, 2026

    Union Budget 2026: Why India must move beyond emergency fixes to emissions monitoring

    via ET Energy World

    EPIC India’s ED Kaushik Deb writes in ET EnergyWorld on shifting from short-term air pollution responses to long-term infrastructure that supports growth and clean air.

  • Insight • In the News • January 26, 2026

    Tackling Methane isn’t just good for the climate — it disproportionately protects the global poor

    via EDF

    EPIC India’s Anshuman Tiwari writes on why faster methane cuts—not just long-term climate targets—can save lives, especially in the world’s most vulnerable regions.

  • Insight • In the News • January 21, 2026

    Emissions market accelerator: How market-based innovation is reshaping clean air in the global south

    via Thermal Control Magazine

    EPIC India’s Dheeraj Alshetty shares his insights for Thermal Control magazine on how market-based innovation is reshaping clean air in the Global South.

  • Insight • In the News • January 19, 2026

    Why NCAP 2.0 Must Shift Focus to PM2.5

    via Outlook Planet

    An opinion piece for Outlook Planet by EPIC India’s Kavita Vij and Dhruba Purkayastha makes the case for why NCAP 2.0 must prioritise PM2.5.

  • Insight • In the News • December 24, 2025

    प्रदूषण को समझने में ज्ञान और विज्ञान दोनों जरूरी

    via Jagran

    EPIC India’s Regional Communications Director, Ashirbad Raha, shares his insights in Jagran, unpacking how everyday habits and persistent myths shape, and often distort, public perceptions of Delhi’s air… Learn More >

  • Insight • In the News • December 19, 2025

    Understanding Indoor Air Quality: Research, Behaviour and Policy

    via Thermal Control Magazine

    Dheeraj Alsheety, Senior Research Manager at EPIC India, shares his insights with Thermal Control Business Update on why indoor air quality is both a technical and socio-economic challenge.

  • Insight • In the News • December 15, 2025

    Are meth­ane emis­sions in India being missed?

    via Pressreader | The Hindu

    EPIC India’s Suyash Nandgaonkar writes in The Hindu on how satellite data reveals emissions at key sites can be up to 10 times higher than official estimates

  • Insight • In the News • November 14, 2025

    Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: The right way to talk about it

    via Hindustan Times

    EPIC India’s Ashirbad Raha writes in Hindustan Times on why toxic air has become an annual crisis we silently accept—and how better storytelling, rooted in local human impacts,… Learn More >

  • Insight • In the News • November 10, 2025

    Waste without oversight: India’s silent step back on environmental safeguards

    via Times of India

    EPIC India’s Swarna Dutt reflects in The Times of India on the need for stronger environmental oversight—not exemptions—as India modernises its waste management systems.

  • Insight • In the News • November 4, 2025

    Beyond luxury, clean air as an investment

    via The New Indian Express

    EPIC India’s Kaushik Deb and Ashirbad Raha write about the over ₹9,000 crore economic cost that Delhi incurs every year due to toxic air.

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