Delhi Faces Severe Air Pollution

Delhi Schools To Be Closed Amid Alarming Air Pollution Level?
Air Quality in Delhi continues to grapple with dangerously high levels. Amid this, the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) on Wednesday called for the immediate closure of all schools up to Class 5, citing the severe health risks posed to children.
Delhi chokes as air pollution turns 'severe'
Delhi and its neighbouring cities are experiencing pollution levels that are at least 30-35 times the safe limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Every year, De
Delhi’s air pollution is so bad nearly half of city’s residents sought medical help, survey says
Delhi typically sees a spike in air pollution during the festive season starting in October. After Dussehra celebrations in the second week of October, Delhi’s Air Quality Index
Delhi's air quality turns 'severe' for first time this season
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' for the first time this season on Wednesday, with the AQI soaring to 418. In comparison, the national capital's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) -- recorded at 4 pm every day -- stood at 334 on Tuesday.
Delhi becomes world’s most polluted city as AQI levels reach 1,000
Delhi overtook Pakistan ’s Lahore as the world’s most polluted city in Swiss group IQAir’s live rankings, with an air quality index (AQI) score of more than 1,000, which is considered “hazardous”, but India ’s pollution authority said the AQI was around 350.
Chandigarh overtakes Delhi in air pollution levels, hitting 347 AQI
Chandigarh has surpassed Delhi in pollution, with an AQI of 347 due to various environmental and human factors.
Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures
Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency ...
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‘Half of children out of school due to toxic air pollution’
ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: Nearly half of Pakistan’s school-age children — around 26 million — are out of school until at least ...
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Delhi air pollution: BJP demands closure of schools up to Class 5
The BJP on Wednesday demanded the Delhi government order the closure of all schools up to Class five in view of the ...
Record levels of air pollution blanket Punjab in Pakistan, causing hospitalizations and school closures
In the Punjab region of Pakistan, record-high air pollution levels triggered hospitalizations and school closures, as cities ...
Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern ...
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BJP demands closure of Delhi schools amid hazardous air pollution
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called on the Delhi government to immediately shut down all schools up to Class 5 in ...
Air pollution found to contribute to head and neck cancer incidence
A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports correlates higher levels of pollutant particulate matter to higher occurrences of head and neck aerodigestive cancer.
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Schools to close as air pollution hits record high in Pakistan’s Lahore
The air quality index ... from outdoor exercise until January and adjusted school hours to prevent children from travelling when the pollution is most punishing. Pollution in excess of levels ...
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New study links air pollution with higher rates of head and neck cancer
in the Wayne State University School of Medicine. They collaborated with Mass General Brigham, an integrated academic health care system. "There has been previous research on air pollution, but ...
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Pakistan’s second-largest city shuts down schools with air pollution above dangerous levels
New Delhi battles intense pollution every winter as cold air traps emissions, dust, and smoke from farm fires in the adjoining farming states of Punjab and Haryana, forcing frequent school ...