
Air pollution in Delhi reaches ‘severe plus’ levels
Air pollution in India‘s capital, Delhi, has soared extremely severely, choking residents and engulfing the city in thick smog. At 15:00 IST (09:30 BST), pollution levels reached a staggering 1,500 on the Air Quality Index (AQI), as reported by tech company IQAir. This figure is 15 times higher than the threshold the World Health Organisation…