Air Quality Index
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Delhi's air quality marginally improves to 'very poor'; mercury drops to 11.6 deg Celcius
India | Nov 14, 2021, 09:31 AM ISTAccording to the government agencies, AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor and 401-500 are marked as severe/hazardous.
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Vehicles accounted for 50 per cent Delhi pollution in early winter: Report
India | Nov 12, 2021, 01:33 PM ISTDuring Nov 2-6, the contribution of pollution sources in NCR dominated the initial phase- going up to 70-80 per cent.
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Delhi's 'hazardous' AQI is now bigger threat than COVID, say experts; political parties at spat
India | Nov 06, 2021, 06:08 PM ISTAccording to an official report released by the Delhi government, the contribution of stubble burning to the city's PM 2.5 pollution was recorded at 36 per cent as of Friday. This is the highest emission so far this season.
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Air quality in Delhi remains 'severe'; slight improvement likely by tomorrow
India | Nov 06, 2021, 08:39 AM ISTEarlier on Friday, the overall air quality of Delhi was plunged into upper end of the very poor category, SAFAR informed.
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Diwali pollution: Kolkata's air quality dips from moderate to poor on Kali Puja night
India | Nov 05, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTAt 5 pm on Kali puja day (Thursday), the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 260 at Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) area, 171 at Ballygunje, 227 at Bidhannagar, 189 at Fort William, 229 at Jadavpur, 146 at Victoria Memorial and 148 at Rabindra Sarobar air monitoring station, WBPCB official said
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Anti-smog initiatives increase as Delhi battles pollution post Diwali celebration
India | Nov 05, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTAn anti-smog gun is a device to combat air pollution which will spray atomised water to settle the dust and other suspended particles in the atmosphere.
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Delhi air quality turns hazardous, crosses 600-mark at several places
India | Nov 05, 2021, 11:59 AM ISTAccording to the latest update by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the air quality in several areas in Delhi was recorded in the "very poor" category with AQI ranging around 400
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Delhi-NCR's AQI crosses 400 mark on Diwali
India | Nov 04, 2021, 03:21 PM ISTAQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
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A day ahead of Diwali, Delhi's air quality deteriorates to 'very poor' category
India | Nov 03, 2021, 12:26 PM ISTAccording to The concentrations of PM 2.5 and PM 10 stood at 252 in the 'poor' and 131 in the 'very poor' category respectively.
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'Very poor' air quality in Delhi but contribution of stubble burning to city air comes down to 2%
India | Oct 17, 2021, 10:32 PM ISTMinistry of Earth Sciences' forecast body SAFAR said the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded as 350, which falls in the 'very poor' category with PM2.5 as the lead pollutant.
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Gurugram's air quality slips to very poor day after Dussehra
India | Oct 17, 2021, 03:51 PM ISTAccording to the report of CPCB, the Sector-51 area of the city was the most polluted, recording AQI at 359 SPM and in that too, the average amount of PM2.5 particles were recorded up to 325 micrograms per household meter.
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Air quality in UP nosedives, Ghaziabad records the worst
India | Oct 17, 2021, 11:16 AM ISTThe higher the AQI value, the more polluted the air. An AQI above 200 is considered poor while that above 300 is categorised as very poor by the CPCB.
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Delhi's air quality deteriorates to 'poor', AQI crosses 300 one day after Dussehra
India | Oct 16, 2021, 04:01 PM ISTWith the onset of winter and the withdrawal of monsoon in the northwest region of the country, the wind changes direction from easterly to north-westerly.
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Partially cloudy Delhi experiences 'good' air day
India | Sep 25, 2021, 12:27 PM IST"There is a chance of light to moderate rainfall in Delhi and its adjoining areas," a MET official said, adding that the intensity of rain will start reducing from Monday with no rain was expected on Wednesday.
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Mercury to touch 38°C as Delhi's air quality turns 'very poor'
India | Aug 17, 2021, 11:50 AM ISTNew Delhi will witness a partially cloudy sky on Tuesday, however, there is no possibility of rain yet.
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Air quality commission asks UP, Haryana, Rajasthan to shift NCR industries to PNG
India | Aug 14, 2021, 12:41 PM ISTAir Quality Management Commission has directed Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan to prepare a time-bound action plan to shift all identified industries units in NCR to piped natural gas (PNG).
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Scientists come up with THIS solution to fight Delhi-NCR air pollution
Science | Jul 21, 2021, 11:38 PM ISTApart from Delhi, there are 19 districts around the national capital, sources from which affect pollution levels in Delhi. This latest model can help avoid trial and error and blind decisions.
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Delhi's air quality to deteriorate to 'poor' category
India | Jun 06, 2021, 03:34 PM ISTThe predominant pollutant will be PM10 as the strong surface winds are favorable for raising dust locally and transport of dust from nearby region, said the the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD.
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Air quality in Delhi to be moderate for next 3 days
India | Jun 02, 2021, 05:22 PM ISTAccording to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of IMD, the predominant pollutant will be PM10. The strong surface winds are favourable for raising dust locally and for transporting of dust from nearby region.
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Dense fog shrouds Delhi; AQI remains 'very poor'
India | Feb 20, 2021, 10:05 AM ISTDelhi woke up to "dense to very dense fog" on Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 10.4 degrees Celsius, as per the Meteorological department.