Pollution Dips, But Fine Particulate Matter Still Top Public Health Threat
India’s particulate pollution slightly dropped in one year, between 2021 and 2022. Despite this decline, the annual average particulate pollution...
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How Useful Is The Air Quality Index?
Imagine you’re walking through polluted city streets. Despite wearing a N95 mask, you can still smell the smoky, sulphuric, gassy,...
Delhi’s Air Quality Falls To Worst Levels This Year
Air quality in India’s capital deteriorated to its worst this year on Tuesday, prompting a social media barrage of residents...
Heavy Smog In Delhi Raises Fears For COVID Patients
Residents of the Indian capital are enduring one of the worst spells of air pollution in years, data released on...
Delhi Suffers From “Severe” Air Pollution For Third Straight Day
Air quality in India’s capital remained in the “severe” category for the third straight day on Saturday due to increased...
Delhi Sees Most Toxic Air In A Year, Raising Covid-19 Worries
New Delhi, the capital city with the worst air quality worldwide, suffered its most toxic day in a year on...
Pollution Hangs Over Delhi As Farm Stubble Fires Rage
New Delhi’s air quality was at its worst this season on Thursday, as winds heavy with toxic smoke from polluting...
Dussehra Celebrations Worsen Delhi’s Air Pollution Woes
New Delhi’s appalling air quality turned a lot worse over the weekend as people in the Indian capital burned effigies...
Delhi Residents Worry About Toxic Mix Of Covid-19, Pollution
Families in Delhi with pre-existing health conditions such as asthma are stocking up on oxygen cylinders and pulse oximeters, fearing...
As Wind Drops & Stubble Smoulders, Smog Returns To Delhi
Air quality in New Delhi deteriorated sharply on Tuesday as wind died down just as the burning of crop waste...
Delhi’s Air Quality Turns ‘Severe’ As Toxic Haze Lingers
India’s capital New Delhi was shrouded in a toxic haze for the second straight day on Thursday, and visibility dropped...
Over Half Of India’s Coal-Fired Power Plants Set To Miss Emission Norm Deadline
More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are set to miss...
Delhi’s Schools To Reopen Next Week, Parents Wary Of Hazardous Air
Schools in India’s capital New Delhi will reopen on Monday after closing for two days due to a spike in...
Decision On Odd-Even Extension To Be Taken On Monday: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a final call on extending the odd-even scheme would be taken on Monday as...
Schools Shut Because Of Delhi’s Smog, But Hundreds Of Children Run A Race
About 1,000 children ran a race in thick smog in the Indian capital New Delhi early on Thursday when authorities...
Indian Capital In ‘Day-To-Day Battle’ With Smog As Cool Weather Sets In
Cooler temperatures and lighter wind trapped heavy smog over the Indian capital on Wednesday, pushing pollution to “severe” levels in...
Haze Wraps New Delhi Again As Air Quality Plummets
Haze shrouded India’s capital city again on Monday, with residents braving dangerous air quality to return to work after a...
Trapped And Helpless: How Families Are Fighting Delhi’s Pollution Horror
When a toxic smog darkened the skies over the Indian capital last weekend and air pollution peaked to its highest...
Schools In New Delhi Reopen, Air Quality Still Unhealthy
Schools in India’s capital New Delhi reopened on Wednesday after closing for two days due to a spike in air...
Breeze Clears Some Pollution From Delhi But Air Still Hazardous
The air quality in the Indian capital, New Delhi, improved slightly on Tuesday as the wind picked up to blow...
Indian Capital Banishes Some Cars In Hope Of Clearing The Air
Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number...
EPCA Declares Public Health Emergency In Delhi-NCR
A Supreme Court-mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till...
As Pollution Plagues Delhi, Calls Grow To Shut Schools And Axe Sport Events
Some doctors and residents urged New Delhi authorities to shut schools and cancel outdoor sporting events in the Indian capital...
Diwali Fireworks Haze Pushes Delhi’s Air Quality To Severe
Air pollution in some parts of Delhi deteriorated early on Monday to the worst recorded level, officials said, a day...
Pollution Levels In India’s Capital Hit The Worst This Year
Pollution levels in India’s capital New Delhi have hit their worst for the second time in October — earning a...
