Think twice before taking a deep breath in New Delhi, where worsening air pollution has drawn comparisons with Beijing, the world's pollution poster child.

On bad days in India's congested capital, the air is so murky it slows traffic to a crawl. Conversations are punctuated with rasping coughs. Weak bands of sunlight filter through a grainy sky.

Doctors who have been monitoring air quality data for the last month suggest that the best time to take a stroll for those vulnerable to pollution-related diseases is around 2pm.

This is because PM 10 (coarse) and PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels stabilize briefly around that time. However, they found that different pollutants dominate at different monitoring stations, for instance benzene levels were much higher than the standard near Mandir Marg while carbon monoxide levels were higher near Anand Vihar.

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has countered claims that PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) pollution in Delhi is higher than in Beijing.

New Delhi: India’s air quality ranks among the lowest five countries in the world, according to a Yale University study that assessed 178 nations.

Though Delhi faces the same challenge in cleaning up its air as Beijing, the Indian Capital lacks the aggressive approach needed to protect public health, according to a study by the Centre for Sci

New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar and other parts of Okhla met the environment minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, requesting him to shut down the controversial Okhla waste to energy plant that has alle

National Green Tribunal today directed that no steel pickling works can function in the national capital without the consent of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).