Delhi pollution
Jan 30, 2025
With the continuous increase in pollution in Delhi NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management has enforced Stage 3 of GRAP.
Jan 07, 2025
Schools in Delhi will remain closed until January 15, 2025, as a result of severe cold wave conditions. The Directorate of Education (DoE) has announced this extended winter break for all government...
Jan 04, 2025
New Delhi: Indigo Airlines issued a travel advisory on Saturday, cautioning passengers about potential flight disruptions caused by severe fog conditions in Delhi and other parts of Northern India.
Dec 28, 2024
Delhi has made headlines by setting a new record for rainfall in December, marking the highest amount recorded in 24 hours in over a century.
Dec 22, 2024
Delhi and Neighboring States to Get Relief from Pollution due to Rainfall from December 23 to 26
Dec 16, 2024
New Delhi, Dec 16: In a significant move, the Supreme Court of India has raised concerns about the growing environmental pollution across the nation.
Dec 06, 2024
Hyderabad, known as the Pearl City, is now grappling with rising air pollution levels. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has been steadily deteriorating, drawing parallels to the alarming pollution...
Nov 28, 2024
As December approaches, the chill of winter begins to settle in, bringing with it a sense of anticipation for school and college students.
Nov 27, 2024
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi-NCR remained in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 396, according to the Central Pollution...
Nov 06, 2024
The pollution problem in Delhi has been so severe that parents have started asking for holidays in schools to save their children's health.
Nov 05, 2024
Delhi's air quality has finally taken a turn for the worse, and the government does not mind taking drastic steps to save its citizens from this air pollution.
Sep 12, 2023
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Delhi government will hold a meeting on Tuesday with environmental experts to discuss how to tackle pollution in the coming months, especially during Diwali.
Nov 05, 2021
The air in Delhi and neighbouring areas was thick with toxic smoke as people defied government's ban on firecrackers on Diwali, despite a dramatic spike in emissions from farm fires.
Nov 14, 2020
NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality remained “very poor” on Saturday morning and emission from firecrackers and calm winds may push it to the “severe” zone, according to government agencies and weather...
Pollution in Delhi-NCR 
Nov 22, 2019
The air quality in parts of Delhi improved to ‘moderate’ category while in several areas the air pollution levels inched towards the ‘severe’ zone.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Nov 20, 2019
Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio joined the list of actors in raising voice and concern on Delhi’s pollution
Pic courtesy: ANI
Nov 15, 2019
In times, when Delhiites are gasping for fresh as air quality continues to be in ‘severe category’, a bar in New Delhi is now offering pure oxygen to its customers.
Pollution in Delhi
Nov 04, 2019
The Supreme Court of India came down heavily on authorities for failing to curb pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, saying every year people are losing their lives.
Priyanka Chopra And Arjun Rampal Speak On Delhi air Pollution
Nov 04, 2019
Many B-town celebrities have taken to social media to raise awareness about Delhi’s increasing air pollution
In November 2016 and 2017, the air pollution levels of Delhi crossed the severe level
Jun 26, 2018
The expert group, the ministry said, aims at better air quality management in next three months before the onset of winters.
The PM2.5 level (presence of particles with diameter less than 2.5 mm) that deteriorated from very poor to severe showed improvement today
Jun 15, 2018
The air quality is expected to improve and clear the stagnated dusty air that has primarily led to the rise in the pollution level
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (retd),
Dec 05, 2017
It’s not right to blame the Indian government alone for the skyrocketing pollution in national capital New Delhi and neighbouring areas but even so, there is too much politics on the issue, the...
The air quality index (AQI), as maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), was 326 in a scale of 500.
Nov 21, 2017
Delhi’s air quality remained ‘very poor’ for the third straight day today and authorities warned that the situation may “worsen” in the coming days.
Delhi has been suffering from extensive straw stubble burning by farmers in Haryana and Punjab
Nov 17, 2017
Notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon. Although, the rule would apply across the country
Winds of change are blowing, but we haven’t yet reached a point where the social media narrative can dominate public course. A tweet from Donald Trump might make the US gasp, but it will take us many years to get there.
Nov 16, 2017
Winds of change are blowing, but we haven’t yet reached a point where the social media narrative can dominate public course. A tweet from Donald Trump might make the US gasp, but it will take us many...
Some experts wonder if Delhi is also waiting for a disaster like The Big Smoke in London to take stringent measures to improve the city’s air quality
Nov 16, 2017
The Big Smoke did not happen in London all of a sudden. There were signs -- alarming signs -- as even before the 1952 crisis, the British capital experienced smog events several times in the past...
Air quality in the National Capital Region saw a marginal improvement from “severe plus” to “severe” on Tuesday
Nov 15, 2017
The Delhi Chief Minister had earlier blamed stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and Haryana for the thick smog that has descended over Delhi
The night’s lowest temperature in Jammu city was 14.4 on Tuesday while the maximum was 25.6 degrees Celsius on Monday.
Nov 14, 2017
The Regional Met Office on Tuesday said rain and snowfall forecast in Jammu and Kashmir will help reduce the smog and pollution levels in Delhi and its adjoining areas.
At least 69 trains were delayed, 22 rescheduled and eight trains were cancelled due to the shallow fog in northern India.
Nov 13, 2017
Delhi saw a moderately foggy Monday morning with the minimum temperature at 12.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average
‘Odd-even scheme from Nov 13-17 in the national capital called off,’ Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said. (Representational Image)
Nov 12, 2017
The government was not ready “to compromise with the safety of women” after the NGT ordered that there should be no exemption to anyone expect emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire tenders,...
This comes in wake of NGT directing the government to track down all the hot spots with the PM10 more than 600 and spray water from helicopters or aircraft
Nov 11, 2017
Pawan Hans, an enterprise under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, said it “has the capacity to carry out such assignment
Tuesday, a yellow blanket of smog hung heavily in the city sky, making the the quality of air even worse than a day after Di
Nov 08, 2017
Stubble burning contributes heavily to the smog situation in the region during this time every year
Nov 08, 2017
Delhi Pollution Levels Touch A Dangerous High
Senior counsel S Niranjan Reddy sought explanation from the authorities pressing on Delhi’s pollution which has turned hazardous from the denizens
Nov 09, 2016
Petitioner K. Pratap Reddy of Hyderabad highlighted government’s apathy in developing lung spaces apart from the existing KBR park and Kothaguda park which were developed decades back
