Despite recording an excess monsoon, receiving over 1,000mm of rainfall between June and September, the best AQI this year was 53 (“satisfactory”) on August 8

While the 24-hour AQI climbed steadily through Thursday night, the city experienced an unexpected respite

Thousands ignored the ban on firecrackers, filling the night air with a dense haze of toxic smoke that pushed pollution to hazardous levels

The project is run by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, and functions under the Union ministry of earth sciences.