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India.com News Desk November 14, 2021 6:28 PM IST
The Delhi government also decided to switch to work from home for 100% of the workforce starting from Monday.Private offices will be issued an advisory to go for the 'Work From Home' option as much as possible, Kejriwal said.
India.com News Desk November 14, 2021 8:59 PM IST
On Saturday, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government had announced the closure of schools for one week starting Monday.
India.com News Desk November 14, 2021 4:59 PM IST
Several other NCR cities such as Gurugram and Greater Noida and towns in North India such as Baghpat and Bulandshahr also reported severe air pollution.
India.com News Desk November 11, 2021 8:21 PM IST
Green think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the ongoing smog episode is a public health emergency.
Travel Staff November 11, 2021 12:06 PM IST
Destinations like Goa, Andaman and Lakshadweep are gaining traction, whereas locations like Delhi-NCR is losing out on visitors.
India.com News Desk November 4, 2021 4:51 PM IST
Residents from several parts of the city and its suburbs complained of itchy throat and watery eyes, as a layer of smog, the first episode this season, lingered over the region.
India.com News Desk November 2, 2021 4:39 PM IST
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".
India.com News Desk November 1, 2021 8:55 AM IST
The air quality level slipped in New Delhi after witnessing the cleanest October air this year since the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started measuring the city's AQI or air quality index in 2015.
India.com News Desk October 25, 2021 10:30 PM IST
The Ministry of Earth Sciences forecast agency SAFAR said the air quality is likely to remain in the satisfactory to moderate categories for the next three days.
IANS February 13, 2021 6:43 PM IST
Delhi's neighbouring regions - Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida, and Gurugram also logged very poor quality of air.
India.com News Desk November 17, 2020 9:02 AM IST
However, the Delhi-NCR region witnessed a thin layer of smog this morning, reducing visibility in various parts of the city. The air quality in Delhi-NCR is expected to remain in the "moderate" and "poor" categories for the next two days.
India.com News Desk November 14, 2020 10:06 PM IST
And, despite all the preventive measures taken by Delhi Police against the sale and purchase of firecrackers in the national capital, at least 12 cases were registered and 10 people were arrested for selling firecrackers on Diwali.
India.com News Desk November 9, 2020 1:56 PM IST
The IMD said a major improvement in Delhi-NCR's air quality was highly unlikely in the coming days.
India.com News Desk November 6, 2020 6:36 PM IST
As the court was informed that the commission for air quality management will start functioning from Friday, Chief Justice SA Bobde told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the court is not concerned with any commission.
India.com News Desk November 1, 2020 10:27 AM IST
Delhi's AQI did not improve much despite better ventilation, mainly because of highly favourable north-north westerly boundary level wind direction and perfect wind speed for intrusion of pollutants from farm fires.
India.com News Desk October 30, 2020 2:43 PM IST
A significant improvement is predicted by November 1 and the air quality is likely to slip back into the poor category.
India.com News Desk October 26, 2020 7:13 AM IST
Amid the rise in pollution levels, people are having problems with breathing and some children have started facing throat problems due to contaminated air.
India.com News Desk October 22, 2020 4:05 PM IST
The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, said calm surface wind conditions prevail over the Delhi region.
India.com News Desk October 14, 2020 9:54 AM IST
According to recordings of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) at 8 am, AQI in the national capital stood at 276, in the 'poor' category.
Abhinav Gupta October 30, 2018 10:12 PM IST
The Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) attributed the spike to "heavy stubble burning in the last 24 hours and calm winds".
India.com News Desk October 29, 2018 11:37 PM IST
The prevailing meteorological conditions are less favourable for dispersal of pollutants for next two days due to moderate ventilation index and low wind speed
India.com Sports Desk December 5, 2017 8:37 PM IST
Delhi Daredevils home matches may get shifted to the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.
India.com News Desk November 26, 2017 10:46 AM IST
From the last one week, dry and cold northwesterly winds are blowing over most parts of northwestern plains including Delhi and neighbouring areas such as Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram and Ghaziabad which has prevented the formation of fog and even kept the pollution levels under control.
India.com News Desk November 21, 2017 8:40 PM IST
The letter dated November 19 was tweeted from the official Twitter handle of Pakistan's Punjab government. The tweet also tagged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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