With a thick blanket of smog engulfing the Capital, the Central Pollution Control Board on Wednesday said rain and high-speed wind can clear the pollutants in the air and increase visibility.

The Meteorological Department has forecast rain and thundershowers over the next couple of days.

Transport, municipal and pollution control bodies in the NCR will now have to prepare a report on the steps to prevent smog, in keeping with the directions of Environment Pollution Prevention and C

Another deadline is set to expire with the forest department failing to outline Delhi's Ridge area yet again.

A sudden temperature drop and an equally sudden calming of winds on Tuesday exposed Delhi's unhealthy air quality to all its residents.

Choking winter smog blanketed the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday, rivalling some of the worst air pollution episodes in Chinese cities and at one point touching more than 31 times the internat

The number of dengue cases in the capital has been rising at a slower rate so far this month as compared to October, municipal health officials said.

According to official reports from the civic agencies, the death of a 28-year-old man who had been admitted to Rockland Hospital has been recorded as the ninth suspected dengue death this year. Authorities are still awaiting a confirmatory ELISA test, though 28-year-old Keshar Singh tested positive in the NS-1 antigen test performed through rapid diagnostic kits.

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New Delhi: Many Delhiites felt that decibels levels on Diwali night were a shade lower than previous years, but the dense haze of near-choking pollution told a different story. Now the verdict is out. The PM 10 (coarse particles) levels this year were found to be higher compared to last year at all monitoring locations in the city, the Central Pollution Control Board said.

The number of dengue cases in Delhi has risen to 4,618 from 4,402 on October 28, a municipal health official said on Monday.

The built-up area in the National Capital Region, which includes residential, non-residential, landfill sites, etc., has increased by 34.6 per cent from 1999-2012.

Noise pollution in Delhi witnessed an upward trend this Diwali compared with other metros like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Kolkata.

However, air pollution was found to be on the lower side this year vis-à-vis previous year’s Diwali, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) noise and air pollution data released on Monday.