Officials experimented with cloud seeding to try and reduce environmental pollutants as residents choke on filthy air.

Delhi's first cloud-seeding experiment was carried out in 1957, followed by another attempt in 1972, according to the Indian ...

Kanpur's cloud seeding attempt over Delhi failed due to insufficient moisture in the atmosphere and unfavourable winter ...

According to the Indian government, the experiment helped to reduce air pollution — but researchers attribute that to the weather.

It is the technique of altering clouds to make rain by firing small particles, most commonly of silver iodide, into clouds to ...

The Delhi government must be consistent in implementing long-term anti-pollution measures rather than trying to nudge clouds ...

As Delhi struggles with polluted air, officials attempt cloud-seeding to induce rain. Explore the science, failures, and ...

Delhi has revived artificial rainmaking after over 50 years, conducting a cloud-seeding trial to combat severe winter smog. A ...

Like the villagers of Champaner in Lagaan, Delhiites on Tuesday looked towards the sky with hope. But the clouds drifted away ...

In 2009, Mumbai carried out a cloud-seeding experiment to generate artificial rain over the catchment areas of two lakes supplying water to the city. However, it did not turn out to be fruitful. An ...

In India, states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have conducted cloud seeding experiments since the 1970s, but none of them were for air pollution.

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, ...