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Center-Right Owned by The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons)Delhi world's most polluted major city on eve of Diwali, Swiss group says
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Delhi was ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on the eve of Diwali by Swiss monitoring group IQAir, which recorded a US AQI of 581, about twice the reading of Lahore (285). The city’s air quality was described as “very poor” a day before Diwali, with officials expecting conditions to deteriorate further. In response, the Directorate of Education ordered all government and private schools up to class 5 to shift to a hybrid mode of teaching.
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In a post on X, the DMRC announced that metro services on the Pink, Magenta and Grey lines, which usually begin at 7 am on Sundays, will commence at 6 am.
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Delhi Metro services will begin an hour earlier than usual on Diwali, November 8. The Pink, Magenta, and Grey lines will start operations at 6 am from terminal stations. Additionally, the last trains on all lines will depart at 10 pm instead of the regular 11 pm schedule. Passengers are advised to…
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IQAir ranks Delhi first among the world's major cities at 10:35 a.m. (0505 GMT), with a US air quality index reading of 581, double that of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan, at 285
