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December 31, 2022 08:54 PM IST The capital recorded 24 such days in 2021, 15 in 2020, 24 in 2019, 19 in 2018, nine in 2017 and 25 in 2016.
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December 10, 2022 12:05 PM IST The city recorded an air quality index of 337 at 9 am. The 24-hour average was 314 on Friday.
- November 19, 2022 10:27 AM IST
The national capital has recorded its coldest morning of this season with a minimum temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, according to the India Meteorological Department.
- November 07, 2022 09:09 AM IST
It is the ad-hoc approach to tackling air pollution that is responsible for the mess that Delhi finds itself in- every year at this time
- November 06, 2022 09:18 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power in both Delhi, where the victims are struggling, and Punjab, where the culprits thrive.
- November 05, 2022 09:17 AM IST
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution jumped to 34 percent recently, the highest this season so far.
- November 04, 2022 10:45 PM IST
Delhi government has decided to implement the anti-pollution curbs recommended by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), including a ban on non-BS VI diesel-run light motor vehicles.
- November 04, 2022 06:25 PM IST
Delhi is gasping for breath as rice crop residue is burnt. NASA satellites have observed large clouds of smoke and heightened fire activity in northwestern India from farmers burning crop stubble
- November 04, 2022 02:24 PM IST
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on November 10 a plea seeking measures to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR. A look at how polluted air affects your lungs and overall health.
- November 03, 2022 01:13 PM IST
In other measures to reduce air pollution, Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai urged people not to burn wood or coal, especially in the mornings.
- November 01, 2022 01:30 PM IST
The minister also said the ban on firecrackers in Delhi resulted in the cleanest Diwali in seven years.
- November 01, 2022 09:48 AM IST
The city's air quality index (AQI) stood at 266 around 9:15 AM, data from the Central Pollution Control Board showed.
- October 31, 2022 10:28 AM IST
With pollution levels worsening, the Centre's air quality panel has directed the authorities to impose a ban on construction and demolition activities in the Delhi-NCR, except in essential projects, and other curbs under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan.
- October 29, 2022 07:28 PM IST
GRAP is a set of anti-air pollution measures followed in the capital and its vicinity according to the severity of the situation
- October 29, 2022 06:52 PM IST
The ban on construction activities is likely to affect housing projects in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and other areas.
- October 28, 2022 10:33 AM IST
The capital witnessed a clear morning on Friday with the minimum temperature settling a notch below normal at 14.6 degrees Celsius.
- October 25, 2022 11:54 AM IST
His remarks came a day after Diwali when the air quality in the national capital was recorded in the 'very poor' category.
- October 25, 2022 07:45 AM IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai last week said bursting firecrackers in the national capital on Diwali will attract a jail term of up to six months and a fine of Rs 200.
- October 22, 2022 09:09 AM IST
The capital’s air quality has worsened during winters due to seasonal and atmospheric factors. Burning of crop stubble in surrounding Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan in the winters also increases concentration of pollutants.
- October 20, 2022 02:51 PM IST
Delhi’s air pollution problem aggravates during winters due to seasonal and atmospheric factors
- October 14, 2022 03:32 PM IST
Within a radius of 50 metres, the giant air purifier is able to cut down air pollution by 70 to 80 per cent.
- October 01, 2022 09:55 AM IST
Under the revised action plan, curbs can be imposed on polluting activities up to three days in advance, based on forecasts.
- December 31, 2021 10:32 AM IST
The city was swept by a cold wave on Thursday as well as the temperature dropped sharply to 3.4 degrees Celsius from 8.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
- December 27, 2021 03:00 PM IST
Vehicle emissions account for around 40 percent of the city’s air pollution.
- December 18, 2021 06:33 PM IST
The CAQM had on Friday said the ban on construction and demolition activities in Delhi-NCR will continue, with some exceptions, till further orders.
