The Delhi government has been pushing for artificial rain using cloud-seeding - the method of triggering rain by seeding clouds with salts - to fight the pollution, but the plan is yet to take off.

A senior environment department official said the fresh mapping exercise factored in previously identified sources, following checks on whether they were fixed

A new CSE study found that stubble burning isn't the real culprit, contributing only 8% to Delhi's air pollution.

Đối mặt với tình trạng ô nhiễm không khí nghiêm trọng, hai quốc gia đông dân ở Nam Á là Ấn Độ và Pakistan đang gấp rút đưa ra các biện pháp tạm thời nhằm đối phó tình hình, giảm thiểu tác động của điều kiện không khí đến sức khỏe người dân.

The smog is blamed for thousands of premature deaths each year and is an annual source of misery for the capital's residents, with various piecemeal government initiatives failing to measurably address the problem.

Authorities in the Indian capital, New Delhi, tested a prototype "sprinkler" drone on Friday to treat the most stubborn pockets of air pollution, a solution immediately dismissed as a "band-aid" by experts.

On Friday, the municipality of New Delhi tested a water-laden drone designed to spray certain areas to disperse dust.

Face à une pollution atmosphérique critique, la capitale indienne expérimente des drones pulvérisant de l’eau.

On Friday, the municipality tested a water-laden drone designed to spray certain areas to disperse dust.

Faced with severe air pollution, two populous South Asian nations, India and Pakistan, are urgently implementing temporary measures to address the situation and mitigate the impact of air quality on public health.

From October to the first week of November this year, PM2.5 and PM10 levels in Gurgaon were 45% and 77% lower than those in Delhi, respectively.

Delhi has once again topped the list of India’s most polluted cities in October 2024, according to a recent study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

India's capital unveiled plans Friday to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies -- a plan derided by experts as another "band-aid" solution to a public health crisis.

Gurugram, Haryana, currently reports a better Air Quality Index (AQI) compared to Delhi, with PM2.5 and PM10 levels 45 per cent lower, and an overall AQI 40% better. However, experts question if the air in Gurugram is genuinely cleaner than Delhi.

In October, Delhi's average level of PM2.5, a harmful air pollutant, went up to 111 µg/m2. This is the highest pollution level Delhi has seen since 2021.

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

Muzaffarnagar, Hapur, Meerut, Charkhi Dadri, Greater Noida, and Bahadurgarh— all situated within the National Capital Region (NCR)-- were among top 10 polluted cities in the country

Toxic smog hung over the city on Monday and more stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality, even though the overall Air Quality Index of the capital remained in the upper levels of the ‘very poor’ zone.

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