GURUGRAM: The first spell of winter rain lashed Gurugram and other parts of Delhi-NCR on Sunday, bringing mercury down by several degrees and a sharp decline in air pollution levels.

GURUGRAM: GMDA has invited expression of interest from companies who want to set up the city’s air quality monitoring network.

Since the start of the year, air pollution in major cities in India and Pakistan has reached levels well beyond what is considered hazardous to human health.

Due to moisture brought in by winter pre-shower condition: SAFAR

Patna: The New Year has brought even more toxic air for the residents of the state capital as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Patna was recorded the highest in the country on the second consecutive

Gurgaon: After a slight improvement in the air quality on Tuesday, pollution level in the city touched the ‘severe’ category again on Wednesday.

KOLKATA: The city's air quality index became 'severe' on the New Year's Day on morning, 10 hours after the state pollution control board's computerised monitors showed it to be 'very poor' at midni

NEW DELHI: Despite recording a minimum temperature that was 1.6 degrees below normal for the month, December 2018 has still been cleaner in terms of air quality than the last two years, CPCB data s

Noida/Ghaziabad: The air quality on the last day of 2018 is at least 40-50 points better than the corresponding day last year.

Diwali was toxic, Christmas was too and so was New Year's Eve with the air quality 'severe' on the last day of 2018, in sync perhaps with a year in which there was no getting away from the pollutio