Indian air quality standards prescribe 60 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5 over a 24-hour period.

World Air Quality Report ranks India third in the list of most polluted countries in the world with 42 cities in the top 50, but no one’s paying attention Hardly any noise came from the corridors of power at the grim news of India’s jump up the ranks from the eighth most polluted country in 2022 to third, after Bangladesh and Pakistan, in the World Air Quality Report 2023 released recently by Swiss air quality monitoring body IQ Air

The national capital saw a warm Sunday with the mercury reaching a high of 24.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, while the AQI remained in the 'very poor' category.

The national capital's air quality once again entered the 'very poor' category on Thursday, while the mercury recorded a high of 25.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season's average.

The National Green Tribunal has directed Punjab and Haryana to formulate a time-bound plan to tackle stubble burning between January 1 and September 1, 2024.

Delhi's air quality inched closer to the 'severe' category on Monday morning with calm winds and cloudy conditions trapping pollutants, according to monitoring agencies.