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Delhi air pollution: SAFAR's advice can save people Rs 7,694 crore annually on medical costsEven if five per cent of the total population suffering from air pollution-related ailments in Delhi follow the advisories of government ai...
Nisarga cleans air, Mumbai AQI at 17Mumbai saw an air quality index (AQI) of 17 on Thursday evening, the lowest figure in 2020, reflecting the cleanest air since July last yea...
Delhi's air quality 'very poor', expected to turn 'severe' due to dust storm: SAFARAn AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor...
Air quality in January relatively better than last year: SAFAR"The recent spell of rain has washed out the particulates. So the city is enjoying the season's best quality of air at this moment. January...
Scientist punches hole in Union Minister’s claim, says 70% Delhi pollution due to crop burningGufran Beig, program director of Safar (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research), under the Earth Sciences Ministry, sai...
Delhi's air quality improves maginally as wind speed picks upThe wind direction is important from the point of view of stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana which falls in the northest region.
This time Delhiites can see odd even impact on PM 1 particles, ozone gasPollution experts are readying to study odd-even impact on the levels of poisonous ozone gas and tiniest PM 1 particles in the capital’s ai...
Ozone, other gaseous pollutants on radar during odd-even 2.0SAFAR has eight air-quality monitoring stations in Delhi and one each in Gurgaon and Noida.
Pollution declined by 10% in the first half in Delhi, rose in the second halfAfter experiencing bad air pollution on the night of December 31st, the harmful PM 2.5 sized pollutants declined by 10% between 8 am to 2 p...
Delhi's air quality to be relatively better till new yearThe residents of Delhi can look forward to usher in the new year with a relatively better air quality that is expected to be 'moderate' to ...
Delhi's air pollution: Leaving no road patch unpaved may help control dustAccording to the analysis of growth patterns of Delhi emissions between 2010 and 2014, transport sector at 38% accounts for the highest sha...
Air quality in Delhi sharply deteriorated on Saturday as winds calmed downPM 2.5, the particles considered dangerous for human health jumped from 174 micro gram per cubic meter (µgm-3) to 191 (µgm-3) between Frida...
Air quality to worsen during New Year clebrations: SAFAR director BeigDelhi government is contemplating keeping the schools closed during the first half of January to protect school children from the health ri...
PM 2.5 set to rise bringing down Delhi's air qualityAir quality of Delhi will dip further in the next two days with an expected rise in the level of PM 2.5, whose average was 'very poor' at 2...
'Pollution in Delhi yet to hit last year's levels'Beig said that apart from PM 2.5, PM 10, carbon monoxide (CO) has gone above the threshold limit at times in the capital.
Delhi's UV index in high-risk zone, says analysis by SAFAROnce it starts raining the index falls as it's either cloudy or raining most of the time preventing UV rays from reaching the surface.
As Delhi sizzles, toxic ozone levels riseThe level of toxic ozone in the national capital was highest this year during the last two weeks when the maximum temperatures hovered abov...
Ultraviolet radiation levels on the rise in Delhi, says MET departmentRising temperature has put Delhi at high risk of UV rays with the national capital receiving alarming levels of radiation this season, the ...
'Air quality of Mumbai, Delhi to be very poor next few days'An increase of 30-40 per cent is likely in the level of PM2.5 particles where as PM10 particles may go up by 20-30 per cent being heavier a...
Delhiites get a mobile app SAFAR-Air to check air pollution levelsSAFAR will help quantitatively authenticate the impact of poor air quality on human health as well as food security as air pollution result...