Delhi Fog 2018

The national capital and its surroundings continued to suffer toxic air quality today morning with only a slight improvement from "emergency" to "severe" category. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 9 a.m. was recorded 403, on a scale of 0 to 500. The AQI on Monday at the same time was 415, which had gradually worsened to 435 by evening. Accor...

Winter is fast paving the way for the spring to take-over, and we are a bundle of mixed-feelings. On one hand, we are glad that the heavy sheath of fog and the mind-numbing temperatures are slowly giving way for a much pleasant weather.

With temperatures plummeting and fog paralysing North India, trains services have taken a hit in Delhi and NCR with 105 trains being affected. Visibility remained low disrupting road and air travel as well. Delhi also experienced very cold weather with the mercury dipping below 5 degrees, three notches below the average. From quite sometime, trains...

At 7 am, the queues for check-in are long but patience is not in short supply, at least not yet. It's New Year's Day after all and there's a whiff of optimism in the air. Many passengers are bleary eyed, a result of having first stayed up to ring in the new year and then getting out of bed early on a cold winter's day to catch a flight.

Delhi got off to a misty start on day one of the New Year as a thick blanket of fog descended on the national capital, forcing delay of 400 trains and 300 flights.

Air pollution in the national capital today stood on the brink of emergency level amid dense fog, even as Delhiites ventured out in large numbers to mark the first day of the New Year.

Delhi fog was among the top trends on social networking site Twitter on New Year's Day as a heavy blanket of fog engulfed the national capital region, dropping the visibility to zero.

For the second consecutive day, operations at the Delhi airport were suspended this morning after the visibility level on the runways dropped below 50 metres. Thick fog covered many parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region leading to slow moving traffic on Day One of 2018. Train services too have been severely hit in Delhi and several other p...

The national capital and its surroundings continued to suffer toxic air quality today morning with only a slight improvement from "emergency" to "severe" category. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 9 a.m. was recorded 403, on a scale of 0 to 500. The AQI on Monday at the same time was 415, which had gradually worsened to 435 by evening. Accor...

Winter is fast paving the way for the spring to take-over, and we are a bundle of mixed-feelings. On one hand, we are glad that the heavy sheath of fog and the mind-numbing temperatures are slowly giving way for a much pleasant weather.

With temperatures plummeting and fog paralysing North India, trains services have taken a hit in Delhi and NCR with 105 trains being affected. Visibility remained low disrupting road and air travel as well. Delhi also experienced very cold weather with the mercury dipping below 5 degrees, three notches below the average. From quite sometime, trains...

At 7 am, the queues for check-in are long but patience is not in short supply, at least not yet. It's New Year's Day after all and there's a whiff of optimism in the air. Many passengers are bleary eyed, a result of having first stayed up to ring in the new year and then getting out of bed early on a cold winter's day to catch a flight.

Delhi got off to a misty start on day one of the New Year as a thick blanket of fog descended on the national capital, forcing delay of 400 trains and 300 flights.

Air pollution in the national capital today stood on the brink of emergency level amid dense fog, even as Delhiites ventured out in large numbers to mark the first day of the New Year.

Delhi fog was among the top trends on social networking site Twitter on New Year's Day as a heavy blanket of fog engulfed the national capital region, dropping the visibility to zero.

For the second consecutive day, operations at the Delhi airport were suspended this morning after the visibility level on the runways dropped below 50 metres. Thick fog covered many parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region leading to slow moving traffic on Day One of 2018. Train services too have been severely hit in Delhi and several other p...