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North, central India continue to gasp as air quality plummets; Delhi AQI ‘poorest’ in five years post Diwali

Delhi's environment minister Gopal Rai has blamed the BJP for the defying of cracker ban by people, alleging that the saffron party made them burst firecrackers on purpose

Air quality in Delhi remains "very poor", hits "hazardous" category in Ghaziabad and Faridabad

In Faridabad, the AQI slipped to 585 in the New Industrial Town area, with PM10 matter at 585 and PM2.5 levels at 207

Delhi's air quality 'very poor'; firecracker emissions may push pollution to 'severe' level by evening

The PM2.5 concentration in Delhi on Diwali is likely to be the 'lowest' in the last four years if no firecrackers are burnt, SAFAR said

Delhi records 'poor' air quality; condition likely to improve due to depression over Bay of Bengal, says IMD

A SAFAR report said that stubble fire has a marginal impact on Delhi AQI, which is likely to reduce due to change in wind direction

World Environment Day 2020: PM2.5 AQI largely below 100 in Mumbai, 60 in Kolkata during COVID-19 lockdown

The coronavirus lockdown imposed on India on 25th March had the obvious effect of slowing down construction and industrial work, and taking motor vehicles off the roads

From Game of Thrones references to dig at pollution levels in National Capital, funniest posters at the Citizenship Act protests across India

From making pop culture references to invoking characters of Game of Thrones and Harry Potter to rising pollution levels in India, and men dressed in saris and dancing to Bhojpuri numbers, protests are taking to the streets over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 with a dash of humour

Manohar Lal Khattar expresses concern over pollution in Gurugram, says measures will be taken to tackle issue

The development comes after a survey by Swiss company IQAir Visual and Greenpeace's placed Gurugram, as 'the most polluted city in the world' in the year 2018.

Gurugram is world's most polluted city, Delhi tops worst national capitals, finds Greenpeace report on air quality

The world's most polluted ten cities, according to the Greenpeace report, feature as many as seven Indian ones, including Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida, Bhiwadi, Patna and Lucknow.

Delhi AQI hits 'severe' level: Arvind Kejriwal says govt may implement odd-even scheme to curb rising air pollution

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government would reintroduce odd-even scheme in the capital to combat the problem of air pollution, which continues to wreak havoc with the denizens

Delhi's air quality turns 'severe' as smog prevents dispersion of pollutants, SAFAR predicts improvement over next two days

Delhi's air quality deteriorated to "severe" on Saturday as a cover of smog surrounded the national capital and prevented dispersion of pollutants, authorities said. This is the fourth time this season that the air quality here has worsened to severe category.