Air Quality Index
- India
Surat claims top spot in India’s air quality rankings, Nalgonda in list
New Delhi: Surat has emerged as the leading city in India for air quality improvements, followed by Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) and Agra (Uttar Pradesh). These three cities with a population of more…
- India
Drop in particulate pollution in 2022, added 51 days to life expectancy: Report
New Delhi: India recorded a significant 19.3 per cent drop in particulate pollution in 2022 compared to 2021, the second-highest reduction in the world after Bangladesh, adding an average of 51 days…
- Delhi
Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’ on Saturday
New Delhi: Overall air quality in the national capital continued to be in the ‘very poor’ category on Saturday. In Anand Vihar, the Air Quality Index (AQI) entered the ‘severe’ category with…
- Delhi
New York tops New Delhi in air pollution level
New York: The US financial capital’s air hit the world’s worst air pollution level for cities on Tuesday night topping New Delhi, prompting New York Mayor Erid Adams to issue an alert…
- Delhi
Air purifier sales surge as Delhi grapples with ‘severe’ pollution
New Delhi: Once a luxury product, air purifiers have increasingly become a necessity as sales surge amid a rise in Delhi’s pollution levels that are now just a notch below the ‘Severe…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s air quality takes huge dip post firecracker celebrations
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s air quality took a drastic dip as the city and the nation celebrated the festival of Diwali by bursting firecrackers throughout the night on Monday. According to data from the…
