Delhi weather today: National capital wakes up to slight drizzle; check forecast for the weekDelhi weather today: Delhi will experience unpredictable weather with light rain and temperature fluctuations. Expect moderate to shallow f...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.28 AM IST
Orders pile up for online platforms in Delhi NCR, but delivery staff stay away due to bad weatherZomato is offering incentives for deliveries during smog, while Amazon is providing N95 masks and reporting a fourfold rise in air purifier...
18 Nov, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
Delhi govt tests drone-based mist spraying to combat pollutionAcross 13 hotspots in Delhi, this pilot project allows to test drone-based mist spraying in areas where conventional anti-smog guns can't r...
08 Nov, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Delhi: As pollution levels rise, residents of CP claim smog tower not operationalDelhi's air pollution is worsening, and the Connaught Place smog tower reportedly remains non-operational this year, impacting residents' b...
22 Oct, 2024, 10.59 AM IST
Ready for cloud seeding, need permissions: Delhi Environment Minister as NCR gears up for winter pollutionDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has addressed concerns over artificial rain and smog towers raised by BJP leaders. He explained that t...
01 Sep, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
What is a smog tower and do they work? How India is fighting air pollutionFor over a decade, New Delhi has faced severe winter air pollution, harming residents, especially the vulnerable. Stagnant air traps toxic ...
12 Nov, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
Delhi govt planning to deploy 200 anti-smog guns for its anti-dust campaignThe Delhi government plans to deploy 200 anti-smog guns as part of its anti-dust campaign starting October 9. The guns, which will be mount...
06 Oct, 2023, 08.59 PM IST
Connaught Place smog tower has noticeable impact on air pollution up to 300 mts: Delhi Minister Gopal RaiThe smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg has 5,000 coarse filters and 5,000 fine filters developed by experts at the University of Minnesot...
14 Oct, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Submit plans to control air pollution by Sept 15: Delhi govt to concerned departmentsThe action plan will focus on stubble management, dust pollution, vehicular emission, open burning of garbage, industrial pollution, green ...
05 Sep, 2022, 04.15 PM IST
Cold wave in Delhi, air quality in very poor categoryIn the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave if the minimum temperature dips to 4 degrees Celsius. A cold wave is also declared when the min...
21 Dec, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Seasonal average of winter pollution in Delhi-NCR higher this winter; smog episodes shorter: CSEThis winter, there were 23 days when the city-wide average of PM2.5 concentration was in the 'severe' or 'worse' AQI category -- down from ...
03 Mar, 2021, 07.33 PM IST
Delhi records worst air quality of year after Diwali due to rampant bursting of crackers: OfficialsThe SAFAR had warned that even if partial toxic firecrackers as compare to last year were burnt, then the air quality would fall in the sev...
08 Nov, 2018, 01.00 PM IST
Delhi air pollution hits hazardous levels, but it's not the capital's problem aloneHere are the three common myths that inhibit air pollution from being front and centre of a national public health discourse, all year-long.
13 Jun, 2018, 10.02 PM IST
What the government should do to tackle the Delhi smogGiven that the smog conditions were expected, why weren’t emergency measures in place and advisories released in advance?
06 Nov, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
Delhi facing worst smog in 17 years: Centre for Science and EnvironmentAccording to air quality monitoring network SAFAR, PM2.5 levels are in severe category and are expected to remain such for more than three ...
03 Nov, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
- Centre should notify new air quality standards: CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment on Saturday today blamed the thick smog observed over the NCR region today to rising pollution and u...
07 Nov, 2009, 08.21 PM IST
- Delhi smog normal winter phenomenon, not Jaipur fire fallout
An unusually thick smog over the capital and its suburbs since early this morning is a normal winter phenomenon and not a fallout of the Ja...
07 Nov, 2009, 07.35 PM IST