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November 3, 2023

News Desk

New Delhi, India is covered in toxic smog, the most polluted

NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi was blanketed in a thick layer of toxic smog on Friday and some schools were ordered to close as the air quality index (AQI) fell to the worst level for any major city in the world. A combination of cooler temperatures, persistent wind and stubble burning in neighboring rural states has caused air pollutants to rise, officials said. Many of the capital’s 20 million residents complained of eye irritation and itchy throats with the air turning a thick gray as the AQI hovered around 480 at some monitoring stations. An AQI of 0-50 is

November 3, 2023

News Desk

New Delhi schools closed as air pollution turns ‘severe’

An aerial view shows residential buildings and a stadium shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, October 27, 2023. — Reuters NEW DELHI: The air quality index (AQI) in several areas of the Indian capital turned “severe” on Friday, prompting the closure of some schools for two days. Every winter, a thick layer of dirty smog descends on New Delhi, trapping emissions from vehicles, dust and smoke from crop stubble burning in neighboring states. The result is an increase in respiratory illnesses among the city’s 20 million residents. People complained of eye irritation and itchy throats with the air turning

August 13, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Pakistan to attend SCO counter-terror drills in India: Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will attend the counter-terrorism drills hosted by India under the ambit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in October. According to Foreign Office Spokesman Asim Iftikhar, Pakistan will attend the international counter-terrorism exercise scheduled in October this year under SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS). “Yes, there will be exercises under the ambit of SCO RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure),” the spokesperson said, adding that India was chairing the SCO RATS this year. “These exercises are scheduled to be held in India in Manesar in October, and as Pakistan is a member, we will participate,” he said. “At what level, I think

June 28, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Indian journalist Mohammad Zubair arrested in Delhi over Twitter post

NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested the co-founder of a top fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. According to the details, Mohammed Zubair was arrested in Delhi after being called in for questioning in an earlier case, said Pratik Sinha, who runs the Alt-News website together with Zubair. Sinha said in a post on Twitter that his colleague was arrested illegally and without warning and was being held by police in Delhi. Zubair has been one of the fiercest critics of Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and has frequently called out

March 21, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Flight from Delhi makes emergency landing at Karachi airport

KARACHI: An international flight en route Doha from New Delhi had to make an emergency landing at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi due to a fault on Monday. According to the details, Qatar Airways’ flight no QR-579 was near Karachi when a fault occurred in the aircraft Airbus 150, causing smoke to fill in one of its cabins. It prompted the fire indication, sources within the Civil Aviation Authority said. Sources privy to the matter said that the aircraft was at a height of 40,000 feet. They said that as the Qatar Airways flight was making an emergency landing, a flight

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