Delhi Air Pollution

New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday morning was engulfed by a layer of smog as the air quality remained in the 'very poor' category. The Air Quality Index (AQI) at 7 AM in Delhi-NCR was recorded at 314. The temperature recorded at 5:30 AM today…

New Delhi: Air pollution in Delhi can't become a political battle, the Supreme Court said today, stressing that the choking air quality is responsible for the "murder of people's health". The court said the burning of crop residue in…

New Delhi: A thick haze continued to envelop Delhi on Friday as the air quality worsened a day after it tipped into the severe category for the first time this season and prompted mitigation measures including a ban on the use of older…

New Delhi: The Centre's air quality body on Sunday ordered authorities in the Delhi-NCR region to prohibit non-essential construction activities under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) after the pollution in the national…

New Delhi: Delhi's air quality turned 'very poor' this morning as people in several parts of the city burst firecrackers on Diwali night defying the ban. Loud thuds of firecrackers thundered throughout the Diwali night despite the legal…

New Delhi: Delhi's air quality on Monday inched towards the "very poor" category on Diwali morning with the air quality index (AQI) at 298 at 6 am. According to data, 19 out of the 35 monitoring stations in the city recorded air quality…

New Delhi: The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) said on Friday that air quality in the national capital has deteriorated further dropping to 'severe' category with overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi…

New Delhi: A decision on the reopening of schools and lifting of the construction ban in Delhi will be taken on or before Friday. This will be based on the impact of relaxations that are already being made for industrial units, the…

New Delhi: The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category with the AQI touching 362 on Tuesday morning, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). The capital…

New Delhi: Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) is presently at 370 (overall) in the ‘very poor’ category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). "The AQI today indicates 'very poor' air quality.…