As Delhi’s air quality plunged to hazardous levels this week, crossing the 400-mark in several parts of the city, the capital’s pollution emergency is no longer just a health statistic — it’s prompting life-altering decisions.

Entrepreneur Akshat Shrivastava, Founder of Wisdom Hatch, revealed on Saturday that his wife, an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer who had secured an All-India Rank of 8 in the UPSC, decided to resign from her prestigious Group A government job because of the toxic air in Delhi and its potential impact on their young son. Advertisement

In a candid post on X (formerly Twitter), Shrivastava wrote, “My wife got UPSC Rank 8th. She was a Group A service officer (Indian Economic Service). Most of her career, she would be in Delhi. Looking at the pollution situation

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