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AP Air Quality Worsens, PM10 Exceeds National Standards for Third Year

PM10 levels rose from an annual average of 67 µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic meter) in 2024 to 84 µg/m³ in 2026, significantly above India's permissible limit of 60 µg/m³.

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Air quality breaches unhealthy levels in four areas, Putrajaya hovers near 150

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Air quality deteriorated across parts of the Klang Valley and Negeri Sembilan today, with...

Southeast Asia's most polluted country has PM2.5 levels 6 times the WHO safe limit

Indonesia remained Southeast Asia's most polluted country in 2025, with average fine-particle pollution running at six times the World Health Organization's safe limit despite a ne...

Miri records highest API in Sarawak as bush, peat fires continue to burn

MIRI, April 15 — Miri recorded the highest Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in Sarawak on Wednesday morning...

City records average AQI at 61

City records average AQI at 75

City records average AQI at 88

वायु प्रदूषण पर CAQM का एक्शन, दिल्ली-NCR में 1765 इकाइयों को बंद करने का निर्देश

निरीक्षण रिपोर्ट के आधार पर, 9 इकाइयों को बंद करने और 18 इकाइयों के डीजी सेटों को सील करने, 11 इकाइयों को कारण बताओ नोटिस (एससीएन) जारी करने और छह इकाइयों के लिए एनवायरनमेंट कंपनसे...

How to Limit The Health Risks Posed by Polluted Air

SUNDAY, April 12, 2026 — Air pollution just isn’t what it used to be.While levels of lead and sulfur dioxide have dropped due to environmental regulations, other threats to air qu...

Average AQI recorded at 54 in Lahore

Hanoi's air quality drops to unhealthy levels

Hanoi's air quality fell to unhealthy levels on Tuesday morning, with PM2.5 concentrations at around 85 µg/cu.m, nearly six times the World Health Organization's recommended daily...

New Air Pollution Study Could Influence IAQ Standards

Even short-term exposure to certain pollutants can alter brain and lung function, the study found.

How Air Quality Affects COPD

+ Infographic textChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that restricts the airway and makes it hard to breathe. Pollution and irritants found in outdoor an...

Vietnam's air pollution reality is clouded by falsified data

Metro Manila air quality ‘still not normal’ due to Navotas landfill fire — PhilSA

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly two weeks after a landfill fire started in Navotas City, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said air quality in Metro Manila “has not returned to nor...

Lahore's average AQI recorded at 61

दिल्ली की हवा में लें राहत की सांस! एयर क्वालिटी साफ, 100 से कम AQI

Delhi Pollution: राष्ट्रीय राजधानी की हवा साफ हो गई है. IMD के मुताबिक, मौसम में बदलाव और बारिश की गतिविधियों की वजह से दिल्ली का एयर क्वालिटी इंडेक्स यानी AQI गिरकर 100 के भी नीचे...

Central Asia Steps Up Air Quality Efforts Amid Rising Pollution

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 29th globally for air pollution in 2025, with fine particulate matte...

PhilSA: Metro Manila nitrogen dioxide falls below pre-fire level

MANILA, Philippines — Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels in Metro Manila have dropped below those recorded before the landfill fire in Navotas City on April 10, the Philippine Space Age...

KMC to display air quality index in Karachi

Twin Cities under air-quality alert Friday thanks to high ozone levels

Ozone pollution can aggravate lung diseases like asthma, emphysema and COPD, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Thailand reports progress in PM2.5 pollution control

Thailand has recorded positive results in efforts to curb PM2.5 air pollution, with sugarcane growers and sugar mills nationwide effectively reducing pre-harvest burning practices,...

Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots

The Hispanic Access Foundation found that in several Latino communities, particulate pollution exceeded federal standards. The post Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots a...