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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
  • Earth And Ecology
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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
  • Earth And Ecology
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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
  • Earth And Ecology
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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
  • Earth And Ecology
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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…

4 years ago

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