Category: Environment

Representational AI-generated image of people walking through increasing levels of air pollution in New Delhi. Photo: RMN News Service
Analysis, Environment

Forensic AI: New Metric Aims to Prove Pollution’s Exact Link to Hospital Admissions Amid Severe Air Crisis

Representational AI-generated image of people walking through increasing levels of air pollution in New Delhi. Photo: RMN News Service

Forensic AI: New Metric Aims to Prove Pollution’s Exact Link to Hospital Admissions Amid Severe Air Crisis

To successfully validate the model, Aether 360 is seeking institutional partnerships with organizations such as the WHO, UNEP, or AIIMS, using real-world, anonymized patient data.

By Rakesh Raman
New Delhi | December 18, 2025

The air quality crisis faced by national capitals like Delhi, where the sky darkens into a grey sheet during the winter, has been recognized as an annual emergency. During this “pollution season,” the air, especially in Delhi, becomes poisonous. The region frequently records Air Quality Index (AQI) levels crossing the “Severe” category (401–500) on many winter days, far exceeding the safe AQI level of below 50. read more

Starved cows eating household hazardous waste near a housing colony of Delhi. Dirty scenes like this are common in the national capital. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (Representational Image)
Corruption, Democracy, Environment, Unrest

Systemic Decay and Political Privilege: 5 Warnings

Starved cows eating household hazardous waste near a housing colony of Delhi. Dirty scenes like this are common in the national capital. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (Representational Image)

Systemic Decay and Political Privilege: 5 Warnings

The constitutional guarantee of personal liberty, enshrined most visibly in India’s bail jurisprudence, has been transformed into a political privilege.

RMN Foundation Report
December 3, 2025

Introduction: A Glimpse Into the Unrest

In a world saturated with information, it’s easy to miss the signals for the noise. But sometimes, a single snapshot can reveal the tectonic shifts happening just beneath the surface. This article cuts through the chaos to distill five developments highlighted in a single, stark issue of the news magazine ‘The Unrest’ from December 1–15, 2025, which covers global economic and political upheavals. The magazine’s cover story, the “India Corruption Research Report 2025,” sets a grim tone for the dispatches that follow. read more

Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust and noise pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (file photo)
Environment, Human Rights

Stop Lethal FAR Construction, Corruption, and Pollution in Delhi

Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN Foundation
Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN Foundation

Stop Lethal FAR Construction, Corruption, and Pollution in Delhi

Illegal floor area ratio (FAR) construction in Delhi housing societies

🏠 Delhi residents: Take action on civic problems like stray cattle and garbage in your residential colonies by registering your complaint at the “Clean House” community-driven free online service.

Launched in 2017 by journalist Rakesh Raman, Clean House is a free editorial and advisory public service that empowers residents of Delhi to report corruption and government carelessness affecting their housing and civic life. read more