Delhi’s air quality back to ‘very poor’ category

Delhi's Anand Vihar monitoring station recorded the AQI in the "severe" category with an index value of 443 at 9.20 am on Friday.

From Oct 25, refuel only vehicles with PUC certificate: Delhi govt to petrol pumps

The transport department is issuing notices to vehicle owners without valid PUCCs to get them within a week or face suspension of registration certificates.

Air Pollution: Over 1.25 lakh old vehicles to be deregistered from Noida

Gautam Buddh Nagar had 8,26,110 registered vehicles, including 94,299 diesel and 7,31,811 petrol, as on October 1, according to transport department data

Increased Air Pollution – Delhi registers the worst AQI in the past 102 days

For the first time in 102 days, the pollution level increased to a point where the air quality was seen in the poor category

Pollution control certificate must for buying fuel in Delhi from Oct 25: Gopal Rai

The decision was taken at a meeting of officials from environment, transport and traffic departments on September 29 during which modalities and implementation of the plan were discussed, he said.

Ban on firecrackers ignites discontent among traders

Delhi government’s move to prohibit the production and distribution of firecrackers, including green crackers, until 1 January 2023 aims at preventing the air quality from deteriorating, especially during Diwali. But the move comes with many unintended repercussions

Gurugram: Light to moderate rainfall till Aug 21, but no change in temperature likely

The city experienced strong winds in the past few days that dispersed the pollutants in the atmosphere, according to the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.

Delhi, Kolkata among top 4 most-polluted cities in Asia: Report

While Beijing in China had the highest PM2.5-attributable death rate of 124 in 2019, Delhi and Kolkata ranked sixth and eighth, respectively.