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The air in New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, got even worse after people ignored a ban to fill the air with Diwali fireworks
People celebrated on Thursday, using fireworks that produced smoke and worsened the already-dire po…
Sinéad Baker
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India installs its first 'smog tower' - a giant purifier made out of 40 fans that filters out deadly pollution in New Delhi
Air quality is a major problem in New Delhi, and the city's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called i…
Matthew Loh
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An Indian politician ended up in the hospital after drinking water from a polluted holy river to show it was safe
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was hospitalized after drinking from a revered Punjab rivulet, but his…
Mia Jankowicz
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SC says bring environmental experts to court within 30 mins over Delhi air crisis
“Can we survive in this atmosphere? This is not the way we can survive, Delhi is choking every y…
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Authorities in India are planning a new lockdown not to combat COVID-19, but air pollution
Pollution levels in New Delhi, considered the world's most contaminated capital city, have gone off…
Bill Bostock
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New Delhi’s toxic air and how one expat family was affected – sick children, asthma, a death, and a campaign to awaken city to pollution threat
The move proved smooth. Within months, the household had settled into a new rhythm. They were…
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Delhi's air quality dips and peaks as citizens hold their breath
At 9:36 am, the air quality index (AQI) was 414. The AQI at Bawana, Wazirpur, Anand Vihar and Ro…
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Air pollution pushes Delhi residents to look for ‘greener’ second homes
Real estate experts say that people won’t be moving out from their primary home but would buy a …
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A new BBC series on Mumbai's Bicycle Mayor will have a solution of air pollution crisis
Given the current pollution crisis in Delhi, to which vehicle emissions have contributed great…
PTI
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Countries contributing the least to the climate crisis are feeling the worst of its effects
Some of those countries include Bangladesh, India, Philippines, and multiple countries in sub-Sahar…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Kelsey Vlamis
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India's air quality has improved so much since the country went on coronavirus lockdown citizens can now see the Himalyas for the first time in 30 years
Residents in the northern Indian state of Punjab say they're seeing the Himalayas for the first tim…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Indian govt on back foot as stubble burning worsens air pollution in the national capital
The air quality in Delhi and surrounding cities reach toxic levels every year in October and Novem…
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Pollution in India’s national capital is so bad that the government is considering banning private cars altogether
This week the AQI dropped to ‘severe’, which is basically the worst rating that you can ge…