According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, most areas in the national capital registered an Air Quality Index (AQI ... on Thursday celebrated Diwali defying a ban on ...

Poor quality air continued to choke people in Delhi as the Indian capital braced for worsening air pollution during the ...

Air Quality Index or AQI measures the concentration of ... A significant drop in AQI levels was seen post-Diwali where fireworks played an overwhelming role in creating a toxic cocktail.

Five areas across the city were in the “very poor” category of the Air Quality Index (AQI ... remain in middle range of very poor during Diwali period” The share of stubble burning in ...

Diwali, the most important Hindu festival ... in smog on Monday morning - which recorded a reading of 365 on the Air Quality Index (AQI) - has effectively put the city's air in the "hazardous ...

Cut to today, the only thing or the first thing you read or talk about the day after Diwali is about air pollution in cities and the deteriorating air quality which ranges from ‘very poor’ to ...

The worst AQI: Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index was 462 on Friday, deep in the severe zone. This was the worst AQI the city has seen the day after Diwali since monitoring began in 2015.

Daily air quality index (AQI) readings at midnight painted an optimistic picture. The city recorded only one day of ‘poor’ AQI in 2024—on November 2, attributed to Diwali firecrackers.