Delhi Smog 2018

Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors today as air quality remained at "severe to emergency" levels for a fourth day, in the capital's worst smog crisis this year.

Over 400 heavy and medium goods vehicles were returned from Delhi borders due to a ban on their entry as the city's air quality remained severe for the second consecutive day on Friday.

As Delhi continues to grapple with rising air pollution, the air quality slipped to "very poor" category on Diwali night on Wednesday. A thick haze engulfed the city as Delhiites continued to burst firecrackers long after the deadline set by the Supreme Court. The overall Air Quality Index was recorded at 302 at 11 pm, which fell in the very poor c...

Delhi's air quality nosedived towards the "very poor" category Wednesday night as people violated a Supreme Court order and burst firecrackers before and after the 8 pm to 10 pm timeframe in many areas, authorities said.

A day ahead of Diwali, air quality in New Delhi and the surrounding areas has deteriorated despite the measures that have been taken to curb the rising pollution.

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...

Delhi's air quality is expected to deteriorate to 'severe plus emergency' category after Diwali, according to a government-run agency.

Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air. Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has the worst air of any major city on the planet, the World Health Organization says. Every November, hospi...

Shifting the morning assembly of students indoors, mandating them to wear masks during outdoor activities and distributing gooseberries are among the measures taken by schools in Delhi and adjoining areas to deal with the alarming level of air pollution.

While a pollution mask is very helpful seeing the level of smog today, it is important to know what type of masks should you buy and from where, and we are here to tell you that.

The use of private vehicles may be stopped in Delhi if air pollution, which has reached severe levels in recent days, gets worse, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.

In a move to avoid the winter smog and pollution in the national capital, Procam International, the organisers of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM), on Thursday advanced the 11th edition of the IAAF Gold Label Race to October 21.

प्रदूषण के बढ़ते असर और लोगों पर होते बुरे असर को देखते हुए दिल्ली सरकार ने फैसला लिया है कि नेशनल कैपिटल टेरेटरी में 1 अप्रैल 2018 से BS-VI ग्रेड इंधन मिलना शुरू हो जाएगा. इसके साथ ही सरकार 1 अप्रैल 2019 तक पूरे NCR में ग्रेड VI फ्यूल उपलब्ध कराने की तैयारियों में जुट गई है. टैप कर पढ़ें पूरी खबर.

Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors today as air quality remained at "severe to emergency" levels for a fourth day, in the capital's worst smog crisis this year.

Over 400 heavy and medium goods vehicles were returned from Delhi borders due to a ban on their entry as the city's air quality remained severe for the second consecutive day on Friday.

As Delhi continues to grapple with rising air pollution, the air quality slipped to "very poor" category on Diwali night on Wednesday. A thick haze engulfed the city as Delhiites continued to burst firecrackers long after the deadline set by the Supreme Court. The overall Air Quality Index was recorded at 302 at 11 pm, which fell in the very poor c...

Delhi's air quality nosedived towards the "very poor" category Wednesday night as people violated a Supreme Court order and burst firecrackers before and after the 8 pm to 10 pm timeframe in many areas, authorities said.

A day ahead of Diwali, air quality in New Delhi and the surrounding areas has deteriorated despite the measures that have been taken to curb the rising pollution.

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...

Delhi's air quality is expected to deteriorate to 'severe plus emergency' category after Diwali, according to a government-run agency.

Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air. Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has the worst air of any major city on the planet, the World Health Organization says. Every November, hospi...

Shifting the morning assembly of students indoors, mandating them to wear masks during outdoor activities and distributing gooseberries are among the measures taken by schools in Delhi and adjoining areas to deal with the alarming level of air pollution.

While a pollution mask is very helpful seeing the level of smog today, it is important to know what type of masks should you buy and from where, and we are here to tell you that.

The use of private vehicles may be stopped in Delhi if air pollution, which has reached severe levels in recent days, gets worse, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.

In a move to avoid the winter smog and pollution in the national capital, Procam International, the organisers of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM), on Thursday advanced the 11th edition of the IAAF Gold Label Race to October 21.

प्रदूषण के बढ़ते असर और लोगों पर होते बुरे असर को देखते हुए दिल्ली सरकार ने फैसला लिया है कि नेशनल कैपिटल टेरेटरी में 1 अप्रैल 2018 से BS-VI ग्रेड इंधन मिलना शुरू हो जाएगा. इसके साथ ही सरकार 1 अप्रैल 2019 तक पूरे NCR में ग्रेड VI फ्यूल उपलब्ध कराने की तैयारियों में जुट गई है. टैप कर पढ़ें पूरी खबर.