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Delhi weather today: Dense fog to blanket city for three days, IMD predicts cold wave until tomorrow

Delhi Weather Today: The Indian capital is seeing a thick blanket of fog, causing disruptions in travel. The weather department forecasts a cold wave in the national capital until tomorrow.

2 min read14 Jan 2024
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Delhi in a stranglehold as air pollution spikes to season’s worst

The concentration of PM2.5 touched the season’s highest level of 558 in Delhi on Sunday, while that of PM10 was at 648The air quality was the worst in Gurugram, with an AQI of 833. In Noida, the AQI was at 720 on Sunday

3 min read3 Nov 2019
Politics

Rain clears smog in Delhi; air quality still ‘very poor’

A sharp drop in temperatures and wind speed over the last two weeks, combined with vehicle and industrial emissions, dust from building sites and smoke from garbage burning has stoked pollution over much of north India

1 min read6 Jan 2019
Politics

Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’: Authorities

The overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 326, which comes under 'very poor' category. The PM2.5 level was recorded at 174, while the PM10 level was recorded at 320

1 min read19 Nov 2018
Opinion

Opinion | Delhi’s pollution problem: Myth and reality

For any strategy to work against Delhi pollution, it has to insert citizens as stakeholders. At the moment, they are on the outside looking in

3 min read12 Nov 2018
Politics

Air quality turns ‘severe’ as Delhi decks up for Diwali

Doctors call it a health emergency as pollution may make people vulnerable to illnesses

2 min read5 Nov 2018
Politics

10-day campaign to combat air pollution as Delhi gasps for breath

The Air Quality Index stood at 393 in Delhi on Thursday, which falls in the 'very poor' category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)

2 min read2 Nov 2018
Politics

Bhure Lal: Delhi’s anti-pollution crusader

Serving as EPCA chief for the last two decades, Bhure Lal spearheaded the campaign for the switchover to CNG fuel in 2002

2 min read1 Nov 2018
Politics

Delhi air quality improves, but likely to worsen over next few days

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital improved from 401 on Tuesday evening to 358 on Wednesday

1 min read1 Nov 2018
Politics

Why does deadly smog envelop Delhi in winter?

Each winter, smog envelops Delhi and other cities in the north. Delhi's air quality turned severe on Tuesday for the first time this season. If the situation worsens, the use of private vehicles may be curbed in the capital from 1 November. Mint analyses the problem and its impact.

2 min read31 Oct 2018
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