India’s attempt to protect the rupee is now colliding with one of the country’s strongest cultural habits — buying gold. After Prime Minist...

NSE Holidays 2026: Domestic stock exchanges NSE and BSE will be shut for trading on Friday due to Maharashtra Day holiday. There will be no...

Indian stock markets will remain closed on Friday, May 1, on account of Maharashtra Day, marking the first trading holiday of the month. Wi...

Major Indian cities face a smoky Diwali with air quality set to worsen. Fine particulate matter levels are forecast to rise sharply around ...

New Delhi's PM2.5 levels on Diwali night reached 603 g/m³, a 13% rise from previous years, with increased nitrogen dioxide levels due to he...

As per India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) tracker nine out of eleven state capitals experienced higher pollution levels in the fir...

In the 24 hours ending at 4 pm on Monday, the AQI rose from 186 to 349 in Ghaziabad, from 193 to 349 in Gurugram, from 189 to 363 in Noida,...

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has reported a concerning rise in the concentration of fine particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 ...

The national capital and its neighbouring areas had witnessed severe air quality post-Diwali when the festival was celebrated in November d...

Meanwhile, firecracker waste was seen in various parts of Delhi and national capital region post-Diwali celebrations. Pertinent to mention,...

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very p...

The Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi predicted that PM2.5 and PM10 levels in the capital may get push...

"Diwali was in mid-November this year which has unfavourable meteorological conditions for dispersal of pollutants as compared to 2019 when...

"Under 'zero-firecracker' scenario, the level of PM2.5 is likely to be the lowest in the past four years as not so calm surface winds in De...

A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan made the observation while hearing a plea seeking a countrywide ban on use of firec...

Though the Delhi government claimed the pollution level on the Diwali night was less than last year, experts said it was too early to draw ...

Delhi's air quality witnessed a gradual regression on Diwali due to bursting of fireworks, with few areas of the city recording 'critical' ...