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

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

Delhi's air quality has returned to the'severe' category after a slight improvement for two consecutive days. The AQI readings were alarmin...

The day after Diwali, Lucknow experienced poor air quality with smog and haze covering parts of the city. The air quality in many areas, su...

Delhi recorded its best air quality on Diwali day in eight years on Sunday, though pollution levels may rise due to burning of firecrackers...

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...

Meteorological conditions, it turns out, have played a pivotal role in determining the air quality during the festival season and the winte...

The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 271 at 4 pm, improving from 303 at 4 pm on Tuesday. It was 312 at 4 pm on Monday, the ...

"Before Diwali, the AQI was 330 and after Diwali this morning (Wednesday) it is 306. (This is) the benefits of bursting green crackers. So ...

The capital had recorded "very poor" air quality on Tuesday after residents in many parts of the capital flouted the ban on firecrackers on...

The air quality index (AQI) stood at 323 on Tuesday as compared to 462 last year, which means the "air pollution declined by over 30 per ce...

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...

Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said the N95 masks will be given to field officials, especially those deployed in the traffic departmen...

India will celebrate Diwali on October 19 and the order means that no firecrackers will be available for purchase before and after the fest...

Even US embassy's air quality monitoring stations, located at the relatively clean Chanakyapuri, showed "unhealthy" levels as per their AQI...

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 ...

This Diwali, there has been a rise in the air pollution levels in the city as compared to last year, according to the reports of the Mahara...