Indian authorities have conducted a cloud-seeding experiment over New Delhi to induce rainfall and clear the city’s toxic air ...

Authorities in the Indian capital territory of Delhi began seeding clouds on Tuesday to induce artificial rain and bring down ...

Delhi conducted its first cloud seeding trials in nearly 50 years on October 28, 2025 in a bid to fight air pollution.

On Tuesday afternoon, a small aircraft sprinkled the clouds over Delhi with small quantities of silver iodide and sodium ...

Environmentalists termed the cloud-seeding trial a short-term measure, saying it may temporarily reduce pollution but fails ...

Cloud seeding depends heavily on meteorological conditions like wind speed and existing rain-bearing clouds, which are ...

Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Manindra Agrawal said the latest cloud seeding attempt was "not ...

The operation lasted around 90 minutes, with humidity levels between 15–20%, slightly below ideal but suitable for testing.

Delhi's first cloud seeding trial to combat smog failed to bring artificial rain, leaving residents underwhelmed. Despite ...

Delhi's cloud seeding experiments, costing Rs 64 lakh per trial, face criticism for being a short-term, expensive solution to ...

After a gap of 53 years, Delhi carried out cloud seeding trials on Tuesday to induce artificial rain amid worsening pollution ...

The tests were carried out using a Cessna plane fitted with salt-based and silver iodide flares, meant to encourage rainfall.