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NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday deffered the enforcement of more stringent measures in the final stage of the air pollution control plan, citing that restrictions under Stage III were only put into effect a day ago.

Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time for celebration in India, but it poses special difficulties for people with respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD. Usually, the celebration falls around the start of winter, which coincides with a difficult time for people who have specific lung conditions. The increase in…

New Delhi’s government has shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and smog of the season

New Delhi authorities are mulling a halt to construction activities as toxic smog envelops the city.

As air quality in several parts of Delhi-NCR plunged to the 'severe' category on Friday morning, people said they experienced breathing problems and irritation in the eye among others.

Delhi’s air quality plummeted to the “severe plus” category on Friday morning, a stage at which all emergency measures, including a ban on polluting trucks, commercial four-wheelers, and all types of construction, are mandated to be initiated and enforced in the National Capital Region.

Season of smog begins with air quality index near worst possible level of 500 and little apparent progress in controlling annual poisonous blight on life

The air quality in several parts of Delhi reeled under the ‘severe’ category on the morning of November 3

Campaigners say harmful substances in fertiliser are threatening human health and wildlife through a lack of regulation.

UN weather agency warns of heightened risk of disease and heat deaths

The sweeping bill is unlikely to pass, but its components could still make an impact