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• Avg PM2.5 in Oct higher than 2021 in Delhi, 3 other cities

  Delhi recorded an average PM2.5 of 105 micrograms per cubic metre in October 2022 as opposed to 74.88 micrograms per cubic metre in the previous year.

  

• Delhi sees over 50 pc decline in PM2.5, PM10 levels this Diwali compared to last year

  Delhi registered a 64 per cent reduction in PM2.5 concentration and a 57 per cent drop in PM10 levels on Diwali this year as compared to last year, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) said in a report on Tuesday.

  

• Ahmedabad's PM2.5 concentration is 2.7 times higher than WHO level

  According to the Dashboard, air quality is poor, especially in city areas such as Bodakdev, Ghuma, Kathwada, Maninagar, Rakhial and Shahibaug, whereas the SAC-ISRO road, Gyaspur, Chandkheda and the SVPI airport are in the moderate air quality category.

  

• Noxious air sinks life expectancy by 10 yrs, yet action plans remain a wish-list

  Some areas of India fare much worse than average, with air pollution shortening lives by almost 10 years in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the most polluted city in the world.

  

• Why PM2.5 emissions are deadlier than other pollutants for Delhiites

  The study took 15 major chemical compounds forming PM2.5, tracked their sources, like emissions from biomass, coal, vehicle, soil, etc, and found how Delhiites were dying faster by getting exposed to such compounds even over a smaller period of 24 hours.

  

• Deaths linked to PM2.5 pollution in India increased by 2.5 times in 2 decades: Report

  The report said 4,76,000 infants died globally in their first month of life from health effects associated with air pollution exposure in 2019. Of these, 1,16,000 deaths occurred in India.

  

• Delhi's air quality still in 'severe' category

  Delhi's air quality remained in 'severe' category on Sunday because of the large influx of stubble-related pollutants, apparently from much higher effective fire count, authorities said.

  

• Cutting ammonia emissions is cost-effective way to prevent air pollution deaths: Study

  The study revealed, via a cost-benefit analysis, that ammonia mitigation is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve global air quality and public health.

  

• 75% of adolescents in East Delhi feel breathlessness, finds study

  A new report, titled “PM2.5 in ecologically different districts in India: characteristics and health effects,” has revealed that around 75% of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years in east Delhi complained of breathlessness.

  

• Delhi: PM 2.5 rise leads to more visits to doctors, says study

  A recent research shows that a rise in PM2.5 concentration in air results in an increase in respiratory illness in the community and causes rise in visits to health clinics in the city.

  

• Red Alert: Delhi’s First Brush With Severe Air This Winter

  Air quality in the capital entered the ‘severe’ range for the first time this winter season, with an AQI of 401 in the early hours of Thursday before returning to the ‘very poor’ category in the evening.