July 4, 2024, 08:56 AM - 2 min read
Indian air quality standards prescribe 60 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 over a 24-hour period.
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March 20, 2024, 08:35 PM - 2 min read
World Air Quality Report ranks India third in the list of most polluted countries in the world with 42 cities in the top 50, but no one’s paying attention Hardly any noise came from the corridors of power at the grim news of India’s jump up the ranks from the eighth most polluted country in 2022 to third, after Bangladesh and Pakistan, in the World Air Quality Report 2023 released recently by Swiss air quality monitoring body IQ Air
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December 17, 2023, 08:52 PM - 2 min read
The national capital saw a warm Sunday with the mercury reaching a high of 24.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, while the AQI remained in the 'very poor' category.
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December 7, 2023, 07:33 PM - 2 min read
The national capital's air quality once again entered the 'very poor' category on Thursday, while the mercury recorded a high of 25.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season's average.
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December 1, 2023, 07:32 PM - 2 min read
The National Green Tribunal has directed Punjab and Haryana to formulate a time-bound plan to tackle stubble burning between January 1 and September 1, 2024.
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November 27, 2023, 03:54 PM - 2 min read
The national capital has recorded 10 severe air quality days this November so far. The city recorded just three severe air quality days in November last year, while it experienced 12 such days in 2021, the maximum in the month since the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) began monitoring.
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