In Delhi’s National Capital Region (NCR), vehicular emission is the primary source of air pollution, especially in terms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, ...

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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter like PM 2.5 components in polluted air can not only cause respiratory diseases, but also increase the risk of depression in older people, especially in ...

Delhi Air Pollution: The analysis found that nearly one out of every three units of Delhi’s yearly PM2.5 air pollution comes from secondary ammonium sulfate. (Image: PTI) Air pollution in the National ...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has constituted an expert committee to provide independent ideas, suggestions and solutions to tackle the capital’s chronic air quality crisis, officials said on Monday ...

His findings were blunt. “We didn't find a whole lot of specific policies that were targeting air pollution, but we did find things like this emissions levy, which wasn't maybe designed purely to ...

Amid persisting high levels of air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday set up an expert committee and tasked it with providing independent ideas, suggestions, and ...

At 8 a.m. the Air Quality Index (AQI) at the monitoring station outside the Hanoi University of Science and Technology on Giai Phong Street reached 228, or "very unhealthy." It had entered this range ...

Children walking to school, street vendors working long hours outdoors, expectant mothers, and the elderly are among those most exposed. Over time, constant exposure to polluted air contributes to ...