According to Swiss air quality technology company IQAir's report, Assam's Byrnihat is the most polluted city globally, while Delhi remains the most polluted capital city in world.
During winters in 2024, Delhi’s peak PM2.5 level was 732 µg/m³, much higher than 2023’s peak of 580 µg/m³, says a report released Monday by Centre for Science & Environment.
Cleanest air recorded this year in Delhi was on 13 September, when AQI touched 52. Levels of ultrafine particulate matter or PM2.5 are increasing every year.
At Delhi's RML Hospital, India's 1st pollution OPD, doctors said patients began trickling in from early October as pollution levels rose. They are now seeing 10-12 patients per week.
Number of bad air days increased as compared to same period in 2023 & 2022, according to CSE. Local sources in Delhi & neighbouring areas responsible for this, it adds.
In some areas, air quality was worse. Mundka and Bawana AQI stood at 366, Wazirpur 355, Jahangirpuri 347 and Anand Vihar 333, all in the ‘very poor’ category, CPCB data showed.
According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air quality monitoring, Delhi was the most polluted city in the world on November 14, followed by Dhaka, Lahore and Mumbai.
TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.
The Delhi government has also announced the closure of all primary schools for two days in an effort to safeguard young children from health-threatening pollution.
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November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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