The national capital's air quality remained ''severe'' for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with calm wind speed exacerbating the effect of stubble burning. V K Soni, the head of the India Meteorological Department's environment research centre, said a major improvement in Delhi-NCR's air quality was highly unlikely in the coming days.

Delhi's air quality severe, relief unlikely soon

A steady stream of patients is coming out of New Delhi's brownish atmosphere for treatment at the Breathe Better clinic, where lung specialist Davinder Kundra is confronting what he calls the "double whammy" of deadly smog and the coronavirus.

Delhi fears the worst amid smog cloud and coronavirus wave

The national capital's air quality was recorded in the "severe" category on Saturday morning as farmers in Punjab and nearby regions continued to set their fields on fire to clear crop residue.

Delhi's air quality 'severe', likely to remain so on Diwali

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that high wind speed has helped keep the situation in the city and nearby regions from deteriorating, though the city continues to choke.

New Delhi's air quality touches 'severe' levels

The national capital's air quality slipped back into the ''very poor'' category again on Tuesday after recording a marginal improvement over the last 24 hours. Officials at the India Meteorological Department said the air quality had improved on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants.

Delhi's air quality turns 'very poor' after marginal improvement

Delhi residents did not get any respite from air quality even on Monday as the air quality of the national capital in the early hours was again in the "very poor" category.

'Very poor' air continues to trouble Delhi residents

Pollution levels dipped slightly in the national capital on Tuesday morning due to favourable wind speed, though the air quality was still in the "poor" category.

Delhi's air quality improves marginally as wind speed picks up

The national capital's air quality was in the very poor category on Tuesday morning, the first time this season, with calm winds and low temperatures allowing accumulation of pollutants.

India: Delhi's air quality hits 'very poor' level, first time this season

Delhi's air quality hits 'very poor' level, first time this season

Levels of two major air pollutants drastically reduced globally since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Air Quality Improves In Industrial Hubs

The air quality of the national capital improved significantly from 'severe' to 'very poor' category today. According to data provided by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), AQI recorded in Anand Vihar was at 412 ( 'severe' category ), RK Puram 391 ('very poor' category) and at Rohini at 439 ('severe' category) at 5 am in the morning.

Delhi records 'very poor', 'severe' air quality on New Year day

The national capital once again woke up in severe cold after it was reported that minimum temperature in Delhi reached 2.5 degrees Celsius yesterday. "Today in most of the places in Delhi-NCR, the temperature was between three to two degrees Celsius.

Severe cold continues in Delhi; dense fog hampers visibility

The air quality in Delhi improved from the 'poor' to 'moderate' category on Tuesday as the cold wave starts to grip the national capital. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI), the overall air quality was 109 at 9:00 am which falls in the "moderate" category.

Air quality improves to 'moderate' category as Delhi shivers in severe cold

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he was "grateful" to the Centre for peripheral expressways that helped in bringing down pollution levels in Delhi. Speaking at an event here, the chief minister said over 40 thousand trucks, a contributor to the pollution, did not enter the national capital as they took the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways.

Arvind Kejriwal praises Centre for developing peripheral expressways to curb pollution

Heavy rains and thunderstorms on Thursday in the national capital made slight improvements in the pollution levels as the air quality was hovering at the 'poor' category on Friday.

Delhi air quality improves to 'poor' following rains and thunderstorms

The air quality of the national capital remained very poor for the third consecutive way with the overall Air Quality Index docking at 388 with PM2.5 at 235 and PM10 360.

Delhi air in 'very poor' category for third consecutive day, AQI crosses 380 mark

The air quality of the national capital remained very poor for the second consecutive way with the overall Air Quality Index docking at 388 with PM2.5 at 234 and PM10 359.

Delhi: Air quality in 'very poor' category for second consecutive day

A slight improvement was recorded in national capital's air quality on Sunday after it remained in "very poor" category for three consecutive days. The overall air quality was in "poor", docking at 239, according to weather forecaster SAFAR.

Delhi air quality slightly improves on Sunday, in 'poor' category

People residing in the national capital were breathing polluted air for the third consecutive day on Saturday with overall AQI at 326, which falls in the 'very poor' category, at 9 in the morning.

Delhi gasps for breath, AQI remains in 'very poor' category

The overall air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas remained in 'very poor' category on Friday, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

Delhi gasps for breath as pollution remains in 'very poor' category

Asserting that the air quality of the national capital and other cities has worsened beyond all norms, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said hydrocarbon energy has changed the world's face in the last couple of centuries and now it is threatening 'our very existence'.

Air quality of national capital has worsened beyond all norms: President Kovind

The past eight hours have brought some relief to the people living in the national capital region as the air quality index (AQI) on Saturday slightly improved from 'severe' to 'very poor' category, said the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

Slight improvement in Delhi's air quality, but still at 'very poor' levels

The Supreme Court on Friday called the odd-even rationing scheme "half-baked" and said that it might not be a solution to control the deteriorating air quality in the national capital.

Supreme Court again pulls up Delhi govt, says odd-even not a solution to air pollution

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the government will decide on extending the odd-even scheme depending on the air quality in the national capital in the next two-three days.

Govt to decide extending odd-even if air quality in Delhi doesn't improve in 2-3 days: Arvind Kejriwal

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