According to the Central Pollution Control Board, average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR at 5 p.m. on Sunday was 292 compared with 298 on Saturday, both considered "poor".

The AQI had reached 486 on Thursday, the highest in several months.

Delhi and NCR saw a substantial drop in pollution levels on Tuesday as air quality in six out of 15 regions in the national Capital improved to “very poor” level from “severe” for the first time in

The Indian Meteorological Department says that an acceleration in wind-speeds could result in rain on Monday night and continue till Thursday, washing down much of the unbreathable blanket of smoke

No significant snowfall has been recorded in the Himalayan region this year

Nearly two-thirds of the India’s terrestrial ecosystems is not resilient to drought.

WITH the giant Himalayas caging its towering clouds, the great basin where the Brahmaputra merges with the Ganges and Meghna rivers is prone not only to heavy rainfall but also to sudden deluges.

From Houston all the way to Mumbai and from Nepal to the desert state of Rajasthan, rains have cut a swathe of destruction with flooded streets and thousands marooned as their cities and villages g

“The circulation of low pressure area from south west Madhya Pradesh moving westward is likely to intensify into a depression and that is likely to give heavy rainfall in Madhya Maharashtra,” said

Rents have dipped in the last 10 days in the area, say real estate agents