Delhi woke up to hazardous air quality on Sunday, with several areas reporting 'Very Poor' AQI levels. Residents expressed concern over the deteriorating air quality, particularly for early morning commuters and athletes.

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality has once again plunged into the ‘severe’ category, with the 24-hour average AQI reaching 401 around 6 pm on Friday. According to the data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer App, out of 39 ...

New Delhi's air quality plunged into the'severe' category on Wednesday, officials said, hitting a season-high Air Quality Index reading of 429.

In some respite from worsening pollution, Delhi residents woke up to slightly better air quality on Thursday morning as the AQI moved from the ‘sever

Delhi overtook Pakistan ’s Lahore as the world’s most polluted city in Swiss group IQAir’s live rankings, with an air quality index (AQI) score of more than 1,000, which is considered “hazardous”, but India ’s pollution authority said the AQI was around 350.

Whatever the causes of the smog, by one ranking Delhi was not just the most polluted city in the world, but “nearly five times as bad as the second most polluted city, Dhaka,” in Bangladesh next door, as Shashi Tharoor, a leader of the opposition in Parliament and best-selling author, posted on X.

Delhi's new action plan to combat rising pollution includes a ban on non-essential trucks, school closures, and remote work.

Delhi's air quality slipped back to the 'severe' category on Saturday morning with an AQI of 420 while the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.4 degrees Celsius. Out of 38 monitoring stations, nine recorded air quality in the 'severe plus' category with AQI exceeding 450.

On November 22, the AQI recorded in the national capital was 371 and remained in the 'very poor' category as per CPCB.