Air Quality index

	Delhi receives highest single-day rain in March: IMD The city recorded a minimum temperature of 15.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the IMD said. published on : 25th March 2023
	Ahead of Bhogi, AQI worsens, yellow alert issued in Chennai The officials said multiple monitoring teams have been formed to ensure the burning of waste materials such as old rubber products, plastics, tyres, tubes, etc. is stopped. published on : 14th January 2023
	Curbs lifted as Delhi's air quality improves The weather predictions too did not suggest any adverse impact in dispersal of pollutants from the city’s air, according to the GRAP sub-committee which reviewed the pollution status in the day. published on : 5th January 2023
	Delhi city to get 50 new low-floor electric buses Move aims to reduce pollution as the AQI of the capital has hit ‘severe’ category, buses to ply on 9 fresh routes published on : 14th December 2022
	Construction ban returns as Delhi air gets ‘severe’ On Sunday, Delhi recorded Air Quality Index (AQI) of 407, according to Central Pollution Control Board data. published on : 5th December 2022
	Delhi: No need for Stage-3 curbs on vehicles, says air quality panel The sub-committee for invoking anti-pollution curbs under GRAP held a meeting on Wednesday to review the air quality situation and the progress of the actions implemented in the region. published on : 19th November 2022
	Delhi's air quality improves to poor, minimum temperature settles at 12.6 deg C All construction and demolition work, except essential projects, has been banned in Delhi-NCR under the third stage of GRAP. published on : 13th November 2022
	Curbs on vehicles to stay until November 13 in Delhi Commission for Air Quality Management says it will review the situation on Friday to decide on various measures published on : 11th November 2022
	Delhi pollution: Finally, air quality better, yet stays ‘poor’ The 24-hour average AQI calculated at 260 by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which is a drop of 112 points from 372 noted on Tuesday. published on : 10th November 2022
	Restrictions on vehicles to stay until November 13 in Delhi Govt also decides to reopen primary classes from Nov 9 & revoke order asking 50% of its staff to work from home in view of better AQI published on : 8th November 2022
	Delhi's AQI settles in very poor category, minimum temperature 3 notches above season's average Alarmed by hazardous pollution levels in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said primary schools would be closed from Saturday in a bid to protect children. published on : 6th November 2022
	Not a good day for Delhi AQI Still High... Breathing Still Difficult... Administration Still Evasive... More Charges Against AAP... ED Search Over Liquor Scam. published on : 6th November 2022
	Delhi air pollution: SC agrees to hear 'worsening' AQI plea on November 10 “AQI level has risen due to stubble burning, Delhi has never seen AQI of 500. We can’t walk freely in this. Stubble burning has increased in Punjab. Secretaries must be called,” Jha told the bench. published on : 4th November 2022
	NHRC summons chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh over air pollution The NHRC stated that notwithstanding several directions of the Supreme Court, the National Green Tribunal and other authorities, the air quality in Delhi-NCR has not seen required improvement. published on : 4th November 2022
	Delhi air quality still 'severe', patients complaining of respiratory illness surge at hospital OPDs Doctors in Delhi emphasised that normal masks do not protect people properly from particulate matter (PM2.5), and reccommended wearing an N95 mask with a valve/filter. published on : 3rd November 2022
	Breathless in Delhi city: Air quality worsens, turns ‘severe’ for 1st time this season Dampening hopes of a cleaner winter for the city, the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded on Friday was at its highest so far this season. published on : 29th October 2022
	Post-Diwali morning air cleanest in 7 years in Delhi Such mornings have mostly measured deterioration of ambient air to a “severe” level, reveal CPCB statistics published on : 26th October 2022
	Political leaders should let Delhi breathe this diwali Diwali is here and so is the worsening Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national Capital region. published on : 24th October 2022
	Delhi breathes relatively easy in seven years The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution has so far remained low (up to 5 per cent) due to a slow transport-level wind speed. published on : 24th October 2022
	With AQI of 259, Delhi's air on day before Diwali least polluted in seven years SAFAR, a forecasting agency under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the air quality may deteriorate to "very poor" levels even if no firecrackers are burst. published on : 23rd October 2022