India air pollution

Garbage is burnt at a dump alongside a road, in the town of Byrnihat, ranked world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, in India, March 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary
Environment

Indians battle respiratory issues, skin rashes in world's most polluted town

Byrnihat's annual average PM2.5 concentration in 2024 was 128.2 micrograms per cubic meter, according to IQAir, over 25 times the level recommended by the WHO

A girl gets her picture clicked on the banks of the Yamuna river on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India, January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

Dense smog shrouds Indian capital, threatening to disrupt flights

People walk on Kartavyapath near India Gate on a hazy morning in New Delhi, India, November 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
South Asia

Toxic smog persists over India's north; Delhi pollution remains severe

Children light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
World+Biz

Three Indian cities among world's 10 most polluted after Diwali

FILE PHOTO: Traffic moves along a highway shrouded in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

India suspends construction, demolition work in Delhi as air worsens

Men ride their bicycles in front of the India Gate shrouded in smog, in New Delhi, India, October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
South Asia

Delhi stops construction as pollution set to worsen from Tuesday

Intrusion of stubble burning related pollutants into Delhi air was unlikely for the next two days, said SAFAR. (Hindustan Times)
South Asia

'We have to feed our children': Delhi's rickshaw pullers battle on through city's toxic smog

Residential buildings are seen shrouded in smog in Noida, India, November 5, 2021. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

Indian capital's dangerous air ruins return to school as pandemic curbs eased