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“Thursday is likely to be cloudy with a possibility of light rain,” an IMD spokesperson said, adding that the rainfall is a result of two successive active western disturbances that are affecting the plains of northwest India. read more

It’s peak summer but air pollution levels in Delhi are almost as bad as they are in winter, highlighting the Capital’s enduring bad-air problem. read more

Officials said that this recent spike in pollutants has been prevalent since May 8, when Western Disturbances began blowing in the direction of the National Capital Region from Rajasthan and parts of northern Gujarat. read more

In certain parts of Delhi-NCR, wind speeds were as high as 30 to 40kmph, improving air quality in neighbouring cities like Delhi and Faridabad as well. read more

Nine out of 10 locations recorded ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ air quality in Mumbai on Thursday. The cleanest air in the city was recorded at Colaba and Worli, with AQI of 25 and 29, respectively, falling under the ‘good’ category. read more

Dust blowing over the north western region in the country was the major factor for the deterioration in the air quality, said Safar, the central government’s air quality forecasting agency. read more

An NGO, Green Circle, comprising Dwarka residents, have prepared the ‘Green Manifesto’, which has 15 demands to improve air quality and other environment concerns. read more

India, home to world’s top ten cities with the worst air quality, has been struggling to contain a deadly haze that killed an estimated 1.24 million citizens in 2017. read more

The concentration of PM2.5 pollutants stood at an average of 290ug\/m3, but were as high as 350ug\/m3 at 7pm in the vicinity of Vikas Sadan, where the Haryana State Pollution Control Board operates an air quality monitor. read more

According to IMD, the mercury could shoot up by 10 degrees over the next few days and touch 40 degrees Celsius again by Tuesday in Delhi. read more

As a result, companies operating in areas removed from the environment are feeling the need to create a conversation around the issue which, they say, has been largely ignored by the authorities. read more

During the first 30 days of March, the city had six days of ‘satisfactory’ air quality, 19 days of ‘moderate’ air quality and four days of ‘poor’ air quality, as per the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) daily air quality index (AQI) bulletin. read more

A new report titled “Political Leaders Position and Action on Air Quality in India” released by Climate Trends also highlighted that members of parliament in 14 Indian cities, among the most polluted cities globally as per the WHO 2018 urban air quality... read more

According to a Centre for Science and Environment analysis from 2014, the density of cars in Gurugram is higher than it is in Delhi, with 323 cars per 1,000 people as opposed to 88 cars per 1,000 people in Delhi. read more