[ad_1] GURUGRAM: Weather conditions and local emissions – specifically, not farm fires – ended a more than two-week long hiatus from high levels of pollution once again – pushing the city’s air quality back to ‘very poor’. Sunday’s average air quality index (AQI) touched 310, after 16 days of hovering between 200 and 300, also … Read more
[ad_1] Gurgaon: The city on Thursday reported the season’s lowest minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. The previous day it was 10.3 degrees Celsius. The same night temperature was also recorded on November 19. Meanwhile, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was ‘poor’ at 216 compared to 212 the previous day. Delhi-NCR … Read more
[ad_1] Gurugram: The city’s air quality index (AQI) on Tuesday was at the low end of ‘poor’ at 217, slightly better than Monday’s 230, due to wind speed and fewer farm fires. Currently, the wind speed is around 10kmph to 18kmph, which has helped spread the pollution, experts said. It is likely to dip to … Read more
[ad_1] Gurugram: The city’s air quality index (AQI) on Tuesday was at the low end of ‘poor’ at 217, slightly better than Monday’s 230, due to wind speed and fewer farm fires. Currently, the wind speed is around 10kmph to 18kmph, which has helped spread the pollution, experts said. It is likely to dip to … Read more
[ad_1] Gurugram: A steady breeze continues to sweep pollutants away from NCR, the city’s air quality on Sunday improved marginally to 282 from the previous day’s 286, though both readings still fell in the ‘poor’ category. Meteorologists said this partial relief was due to winds of 8 km per hour that are blowing pollutants even … Read more
[ad_1] GURUGRAM: The city’s air quality index (AQI) went down to ‘poor’ on Thursday from ‘moderate’ the previous day. It was 246, up from 174 on Wednesday. According to the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), the AQI is likely to rise and remain in the ‘very bad’ category for the next two days. Winds … Read more
[ad_1] Gurugram: Rain and a gust of wind from the southeast cleared some of the fog, giving the city its least polluted day this month as the average air quality improved to 287 – in the ‘poor’ band of the AQI scale – on Tuesday. It was the first time in almost two weeks that … Read more
[ad_1] Delhi NCR 97% vote to close Delhi schools due to poor AQI level Image: iStock As the AQI levels worsened in the Delhi NCR region reaching the ‘severe’ mark, many students, parents, guardians and teachers demanded closure of schools. According to a survey conducted by Times Now, 97 of the respondents voted in favor … Read more
[ad_1] Air pollution in Delhi New Delhi: Government and private schools across Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) have been closed due to rising pollution levels. Primary schools in the national capital have been closed till further orders from the Delhi government. Schools in Noida and Greater Noida were asked to hold online classes for students … Read more
[ad_1] Returning from home to work due to poor air quality in NCR Companies operating in the National Capital Region have started offering their employees the option to work from home amid air pollution hitting severe levels. Most of these companies are already operating in a hybrid mode and are now encouraging employees to work … Read more