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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,…

4 months ago
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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…

3 years ago
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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…

3 years ago
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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…

3 years ago
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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…

3 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

4 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago

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