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

Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who represents the main petitioner Arjun Gopal and others seeking a ban on the sale and manufacture...

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

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

Delhi's Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, has urged residents not to burst firecrackers during Diwali to prevent worsening air quality. Inst...

For over a decade, New Delhi has faced severe winter air pollution, harming residents, especially the vulnerable. Stagnant air traps toxic ...

"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 increase in stubble burning, bursting of firecrackers and unfavourable meteorological conditions- all contributed towards pushing Delhi'...

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...

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

Winds are blowing in farm fire smoke from Haryana, Punjab. The concentration of the very fine, and very dangerous, tiny PM 2.5 ranged from ...

Last year, the overall air quality index post-Diwali was recorded in the 'severe plus emergency' category at 642. In 2017, the AQI was reco...

Air Quality Index rose to the dangerous level of 500 points around midnight in parts of many cities, including the large metro cities as we...

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

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 ...