Pakistan world's most polluted country, followed by Bangladesh; India at 6th spot: ReportThe 2025 edition of the report published by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, is based on analysis of data from monitoring sta...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
India’s neighbour ranked as most polluted country in 2025. Check full listPakistan topped the global smog chart in 2025, with hazardous PM2.5 levels soaring 13 times above WHO limits. India's Loni emerged as the w...
24 Mar, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
Bangladesh, Pakistan ahead of India in world's most polluted country list; this nation tops the chartIn 2024, Pakistan ranked third among the world's most polluted countries, as per IQAir's report. Despite government measures, the average c...
11 Mar, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data showsLast year, only seven countries met WHO air quality standards, with Chad and Bangladesh being the most polluted. Significant data gaps exis...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
Guwahati faces severe winter pollution, study finds transboundary impactGuwahati experiences the highest levels of PM2.5 pollution in winter, peaking at 113.05 µg/m³, nearly three times the NAAQS limit. Transbou...
19 Feb, 2025, 10.14 PM IST
Only 10 countries had healthy air quality in 2023, report findsBangladesh, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan and Burkina Faso ranked as the five countries with the most polluted air in 2023, weighted by popul...
19 Mar, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
Your life is getting short by 5 years due to air pollution: Chicago University report reavels scary numbersNew research from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago reveals that fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is significa...
30 Aug, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
People of world's most polluted city Delhi on track to lose 11.9 years of life to pollution, says studyDelhi has been identified as the world's most polluted city, with residents projected to lose 11.9 years of life due to current pollution l...
29 Aug, 2023, 03.56 PM IST
Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries: Survey14 Mar, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 - dataThe WHO recommends that average annual readings of small and hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 should be no more than 5 microgram...
22 Mar, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Air pollution is fatal; it can slash life expectancy of people living in North India by 9 yearsPollution has increased in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as well.
01 Sep, 2021, 11.25 AM IST
Pollution likely to cut 9 years of life expectancy of 40% of IndiansMore than 480 million people living in the vast swathes of central, eastern and northern India, including the capital, New Delhi, endure si...
01 Sep, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
India & Bangladesh agree to expand co-operation in water resourcesThe India-Bangladesh Water Resources Secretary level meeting under the framework of the Joint Rivers Commission on Tuesday among other issu...
17 Mar, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
Indians have the highest exposure to PM2.5, shows study on air pollutionAir pollution is believed to have caused nearly 1.67 million deaths in India, including over 116,000 infant deaths, says the State of Globa...
22 Oct, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
Air pollution: India has the highest annual average exposure to PM2.5, finds global studyIndia leads the list of countries with the highest annual average exposures to PM 2.5- fine particulate matter hazardous to health- and the...
21 Oct, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Air pollution shortened average Indian life expectancy by 5.2 years: ReportA new analysis of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) found that ...
28 Jul, 2020, 07.37 PM IST
- India’s air quality among five worst
India’s air quality ranks among the lowest five countries in the world, according to a Yale University study that assessed 178 nations.
30 Jan, 2014, 02.50 AM IST