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India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
Pakistan’s air pollution sends nearly 1,000 to hospital
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2024
» LAHORE — More than 900 people have been admitted to hospital in a single day in the Pakistani megacity of Lahore due to air pollution, the local government said.
Dense fog disrupts Delhi flights and trains
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2023
» NEW DELHI - Flight and rail services in India’s capital city were disrupted on Tuesday morning as a thick layer of fog enveloped the region, reducing visibility to barely 50 metres in some areas.
'Like breathing poison': Delhi children hardest hit by smog
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year.
Northern China choking on severe pollution
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» BEIJING - Tens of millions of people across northern China were under severe pollution warnings Tuesday, with authorities urging them to reduce outdoor activities as a greyish smog enveloped the region.
Northern China choking on severe pollution
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» BEIJING - Tens of millions of people across northern China were under severe pollution warnings Tuesday, with authorities urging them to reduce outdoor activities as a greyish smog enveloped the region.
Jakarta becomes world’s most polluted major city
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian capital Jakarta has become the world’s most polluted major city, according to the air quality monitoring firm IQAir, topping global charts for days as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog.
Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» CHICAGO - Smoke from Canada's worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and at least 15 US states, with monitors warning that over one hundred million people face potentially unhealthy conditions.
'Hazardous' smog chokes India's capital
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» Smog in New Delhi hit "hazardous" levels on Thursday as smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity.
Delhi, Lahore smog forces school, plant closures as residents choke
AFP, Published on 17/11/2021
» NEW DELHI: India's capital has shut schools and coal plants as it battles dangerous levels of air pollution in the region that on Wednesday left residents of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan choking on acrid smog.