Delhi’s worsening Air Quality Index (AQI) starts gaining limelight around October-November every year. However, this year, another alarming development has emerged: The National Capital has not record

Seventeen monitoring stations across the city recorded "severe" air quality levels on Tuesday. An AQI between zero and 50 is "good," 301-400 "very poor," and above 400 "severe." Despite improved conditions on Sunday with westerly winds up to 15km/h,

Delhi's pollution levels slightly decrease, nearing 'poor' category, with AQI at 301, haze persists, health risks remain.

The Supreme Court will on Monday decide whether to continue with the Stage 4 emergency measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The measures were introduced to tackle Delhi's severe air pollution.

Delhi's air quality plunged to 'very poor', with a thick layer of haze blanketing the national capital, early on Tuesday (November 26, 2024). At 9 a.m., Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 392, compared to a reading of 281 at 9 a.m. on Monday (November 25, 2024), according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

Northern India encountered the recurring annual pre-winter event of air emergency where the Air Quality Index (AQI) readings of main pollutant PM 2.5 breached the 400-mark of “very poor” and landed the air of Delhi, Punjab and other northern cities into the “hazardous” category.

Cleanest air recorded this year in Delhi was on 13 September, when AQI touched 52. Levels of ultrafine particulate matter or PM2.5 are increasing every year.

The wind speeds remained below six kilometres per hour throughout Monday, leading to stagnation and gradual build-up of local pollutants in the national Capital