Based on data from 2011 to 2015, WHO named Delhi the world’s most polluted mega-city, topping Mumbai, Cairo and Kolkata, India. Illnesses tied to pollution claimed the lives of as many as 2.5 ...

These photos of pollution in Delhi reveal why authorities are calling the city a 'gas chamber' ... A man covers his face as he walks to work, in Delhi, India, November 7, 2017.

In March 2009, the Central Pollution Control Board of India declared Delhi “India’s Asthma Capital. And when politicians responded to international attention for the graphic images, they cited ...

Every minute, air pollution kills two people in India, as residents choke on the air they breathe. A view from the Jama Masid in old Delhi shows thick smog covering large parts of the city on ...

A window into Delhi’s deadly pollution. Reuters set up a camera on top of our Delhi bureau, capturing hundreds of images over October-November, historically the worst period of air quality each ...

India has long suffered from pollution and bad air quality, but over the past few days, the smog in Delhi has been unbearable. Some parts of the city are reporting smog levels 16 times the ...

Back Story: Pictures of New Delhi smog tell only part of the story of India’s air pollution crisis. An Indian cyclist is seen amid heavy smog in New Delhi.

New Delhi, India, is blanketed by the worst smog in 17 years. Traffic moves around a smog-enveloped Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, India, on Saturday, November 5. Photograph by Altaf ...

AFP via Getty Images. Over the weekend, ... Commuters drive through a thick layer of smog as air pollution shoots up in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 18, 2024. AP.

India’s national capital Delhi witnessed its worst ever air quality in the month November this year after recording 11 days of “severe” pollution — ranked as hazardous for breathing ...

Air quality in Northern India has deteriorated over the past week, with toxic smog obscuring India’s famed monument to love, the Taj Mahal, about 136 miles from New Delhi, as well as Sikhism’s ...

Nasa images show how Delhi is being buried in ‘a river of smoke’ that can be seen from space. Schools and colleges shut indefinitely after India’s top court terms poor air quality levels an ...