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Topic: SAFAR

Why Mumbai’s air quality is almost as bad as Delhi’s — ‘more cars, construction & wind speed’

Mumbai doctors say they’re getting more cases of chronic cough this winter. If weather forecast and other conditions hold, Mumbaikars can expect poor AQI throughout January.

Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’, 19% of city’s pollution attributed to stubble burning

The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, said wind direction & wind speed is favourable for transport of pollutants from farm fires in Haryana, Punjab.

At 35%, share of stubble burning in Delhi’s air pollution season’s highest, finds SAFAR

Delhi has been engulfed in a hazardous haze since Monday primarily due to Diwali celebrations, stubble burning and unfavourable weather.

Govt agencies can’t agree if Delhi’s air quality after Diwali was ‘severe’ or ‘very poor’

CPCB said Delhi's Air Quality Index the morning after Diwali was a 'very poor' 368, while SAFAR reported a 'severe' reading of 506.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.