Toxic Air
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Delhi continues to bear the brunt of toxic air; AQI registered above 300 in several areas
Delhi | December 05, 2025 8:11 ISTFormer Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi has criticised the government over deteriorating air quality in Delhi. She has asked the government to fix the issue, asserting that children and elderly people were facing difficulties.
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Delhi air improves slightly as AQI settles in 'very poor' category; government forms task force
Delhi | December 04, 2025 8:22 ISTCM Gupta has directed every city agency to step up work on road maintenance and cleanliness, stressing that quick action on the ground is essential for improving air quality. She warned that any delay in these tasks would not be tolerated.
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Delhi air turns more hazardous; AQI enters 'severe' category by breaching 400-mark in several areas
Delhi | December 03, 2025 8:58 ISTThe Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear today a petition calling for urgent intervention to curb the hazardous air pollution levels in the national capital.
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Delhi continues to reel under toxic air as AQI nears 'severe' category in several areas
Delhi | December 02, 2025 8:08 ISTThe Parliament Winter Session, which began on Monday, is set to witness uproar by the Opposition over deteriorating air quality in the national capital. Speaking over the issue, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the situation was ‘shameful’ as children and old people were suffering in Delhi.
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Delhi Pollution: National capital chokes again after brief respite; AQI crosses 300 in several areas
Delhi | December 01, 2025 9:12 ISTWith the Parliament Winter Session beginning today, the Opposition parties are likely to raise the issue of pollution. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded a detailed discussion in the House on the issue of air pollution in the national capital.
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Pocket-sized sensor can detect toxic air threats, revolutionising pollution monitoring
Health | July 04, 2025 21:45 ISTKnow how a pocket-sized sensor is revolutionising air quality monitoring by detecting toxic pollutants in real time. This breakthrough technology offers a powerful, portable solution for tracking environmental threats and ensuring public safety.
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Do you use scented wax melts? Study says it can release toxic particles in indoor air
Lifestyle | February 23, 2025 12:56 ISTA recent study published in the ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters found that aroma compounds released from the scented wax melts can react with ozone in indoor air to form potentially toxic particles. Read on to know more.
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Air turns silent killer: Toxic air can now increase risk of breast cancer
Health | October 23, 2023 21:29 ISTAir pollution has emerged as one of the major killers in recent decades. Recent studies have showed that toxic air have an increasing risk of breast cancer for women. Know more details.
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Fresh western disturbance likely to provide relief from severe pollution by Friday: SAFAR
India | November 13, 2019 16:39 ISTIt said Delhi's neighbouring states recorded only 480 incidents of stubble burning on Tuesday and the share of smoke from farm fires in Delhi's pollution is likely to decrease to 13 per cent on Thursday "in spite of favourable transport-level wind trajectory"
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Dirty fuel-based industries in Delhi, its suburbs to remain shut till Nov 13
India | November 11, 2019 20:54 ISTThe Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority also extended the ban on hot-mix plants and stone-crushers in Delhi-NCR till Wednesday morning
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Delhi AQI 'very poor' as stubble burning spikes
India | November 11, 2019 18:38 ISTThe prognosis for the next two days is not bright with the share of stubble burning to rise to 25 per cent of Delhi's AQI coupled with a decrease in wind speed that will cause the AQI to plummet to the 'severe' category in the next two days
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40 per cent Delhi-NCR residents want to move out due to pollution
India | November 03, 2019 13:30 ISTThe survey with over 17,000 respondents from Delhi and NCR region has found that 13 per cent resident believe that they have no option but to cope with rising pollution levels
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Toxic Delhi air spurs Punjab CM to urge Centre to provide for 'stubble management bonus' to farmers
India | November 02, 2019 18:26 ISTSingh expressed his anger and anguish and made the pro-farmer proposal in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal persistently blaming stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab for rise in Delhi's air pollution
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Danger in the Air: 8 million babies in India might be affected by toxic air pollution, says UNICEF official
Lifestyle | December 07, 2017 10:18 ISTThere is need for action by all countries so children are born and grow up in an environment that is healthy
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Delhi Smog: How to protect yourself from toxic air
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90 pc of world’s child population breathe toxic air, 6 lakh under 5 die from related diseases: UNICEF
World | October 31, 2016 17:42 ISTA new report from UNICEF says that nearly 2 billion children in the world are breathing toxic air and about a one-third of them live in northern India and neighbouring countries.
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Unacceptable levels of pollution in Delhi: Study
India | February 20, 2015 19:37 ISTNew Delhi: You must be breathing “unacceptable levels” of toxic air in Delhi as the national capital city is literally gasping because of skyrocketing levels of air pollution, according to a new data. However, underground
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