PM 2.5 levels and PM 10 levels recorded a year-on-year reduction, according to the city’s Economic Survey released on 23 March by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
The sudden spike in the city’s air quality began over the weekend, when the AQI jumped from 172 on Friday to 246 on Saturday, plunging the city into 'poor' air quality.
The city also recorded its first spell of fog Monday. Visibility as low as 50 metres early in the morning disrupted dozens of flights across the region.
Organisers rescheduled the GSI Cyclothon to February 2026, citing hazardous air barely a day before the event. It’s only one of the many affected events of the season.
On Thursday, the Delhi government asked the commission on air quality management to recall the refuelling ban imposed on July 1 this year, following public backlash.
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.
Several officers on daily duty continue to suffer from cough, throat aches & burning eyes. Health experts argue exposure to pollution can lead to permanent lung damage & more.
Till Saturday, a majority of Delhi’s pollution load was from stubble fires (25.10%), followed by vehicular emission (12.58%), & contamination from neighbouring states.
According to the earth sciences ministry, Delhi’s overall score on an air quality index (AQI) was ‘very poor’ at 384 and was likely to stay there until Thursday.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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