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Stretches around Pitampura and Kamla Nagar were also snarled due to this. (Photo: ANI)

India

Waterlogging and traffic snarls in many parts as rain lashes Delhi-NCR

The relative humidity in these regions is likely to oscillate between 87 per cent to 92 per cent for the next few days.

18 Aug 2019 1:58 PM IST

On the other hand, 22-year-old corporate employee Vivek Kumar believes that Diwali is the Festival of Lights, meant to give people happiness, but it is incomplete without firecrackers.

India

Not just Delhi-NCR: NGT bans crackers in cities with 'poor' or 'worse'...

The NGT order comes amidst speculation of a second wave of coronavirus pandemic just ahead of Diwali

9 Nov 2020 2:46 PM IST

Metros

Mumbai's air quality slips to poor: SAFAR

Weathermen attributed the increase in air pollution to the fluctuating temperatures which have ranged between 10 and 13.

21 Jan 2020 2:07 AM IST

In Noida also, the air quality was not satisfactory in the morning as the AQI at PM 10 was 359 and PM 2.5 at 424. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

India

Delhi pollution levels remain 'severe', citizens advised to avoid...

An advisory has asked people to keep windows of their houses closed and asthmatics to keep medicines handy.

2 Jan 2020 10:12 AM IST

Commuters make their way along a road amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 16, 2021. (Money SHARMA / AFP)

India

Rely upon statistical based model of wind pattern to curb Delhi air...

The SC said due to the seriousness of the issue it will continue to hear the matter and posted the case for the next...

24 Nov 2021 12:30 PM IST

India

Delhi's air quality improves on the back of winds

Winds gusting up to 20 kmph on Sunday and 25 kmph on Monday led to a marked improvement in the air quality and improved...

23 Nov 2021 10:42 AM IST

The air quality in the national capital continued to improve on Monday morning, although the overall AQI docked at 218, which falls in the poor category. (Photo: File)

Metros

Delhi's air quality improves slightly, moves to 'very poor' from...

The air quality index of neighbouring areas of Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida was recorded at 312, 368, 301 and...

14 Nov 2021 11:31 AM IST

In Delhis Lodhi Road area AQI was reported at 476, at IIT Delhi area AQI was at 479 and in the Delhi universitys north campus area AQI was at 578 today. (ANI)

Metros

Delhi gasps for fresh air as AQI dips to 'severe category'

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research said that the air quality index in Delhi is at 499, in...

13 Nov 2021 10:13 AM IST

$A man walks amid low visibility due to smog, at Kartavya Path in New Delhi, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. A layer of pungent haze lingered over Delhi on Saturday morning as the citys air quality neared the \severe\ zone. (PTI Photo)$ Metros

Delhi's air quality nears 'severe' zone; GRAP stage three likely to...

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi stood at 398 at 11 am, worsening from 357 at 4 pm on Friday

29 Oct 2022 2:15 PM IST

A worker carrying LPG cylinders on a bicycle crosses a road, shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tackle toxic air now: It's ruining our lives,...

It is also glaringly obvious that apart from killing us slowly, toxic air is taking a huge toll on India's economy

17 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

The air quality index of the CPCB had a score of 460, as against Saturdays 403. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Metros

City air quality dips again after a brief breather

The air quality was in the moderate category for few days but turned poor' with the levels of PM 2.5 climbing twice the...

10 March 2018 2:11 AM IST

Indian Air Force personnel prepare for rehearsal for the Republic Day parade amidst morning smog on Rajpath in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Metros

Finally, breather for Delhiites as city's air better than last 4 days

EPCA Chairman Bhure Lal said the conditions will get better in the coming days with improved meteorological conditions.

27 Dec 2018 2:53 AM IST