New Pollution Curbs Roll Out In Delhi; AAP Slams BJP For 'Dodging Responsibility'

During the meeting, the Commission for Air Quality Management emphasised that all agencies must strictly comply with its statutory directions issued from time to time and ensure their strict implementation.

Suramrit Singh Kohli developed NanoClear, a prototype using magnetic nanoparticles to capture microplastics from blood, currently in experimental stage.

Delhi’s AQI rose from 179 to 244 within a day, prompting CAQM to impose GRAP Stage 1 restrictions across Delhi-NCR as forecasts indicate poor air quality will persist in the coming days.

The CAQM announced its decision through an order on Wednesday after Delhi's AQI was reported under the 'poor' category at 244 at 2 pm.

Companies will be paid for days when their machines achieve at least a 20% reduction in both PM2.5 and PM10, the tiny particles that make Delhi's air dangerous to breathe.

Vehicle emissions, construction dust, waste burning and unfavourable weather are worsening air quality, raising serious public health concerns in the city. Mumbai has risen to third among the world’s most polluted cities, with an AQI of 166.

Fine particulate matter, the PM2.5 you hear about in air quality reports, is small enough to settle on the skin and even penetrate it. These particles, along with ozone and traffic-related pollutants, generate what we call oxidative stress.

The day's maximum temperature was recorded at 31.7 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The clearest sign that Delhi is on a path to cleaner air would be a decline in the amount of paddy grown nearby, and therefore the acreage liable to be burned each year.

Delhi's Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Saturday that Delhi has recorded 211 days of good, satisfactory and moderate air quality so far this year, its best performance since 2016, except for the COVID-affected year 2020.