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Pakistan: Lahore tops global pollution index as hazardous smog engulfs Pun
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Lahore remained among the world's most polluted cities as hazardous smog covered Punjab. AQI levels reached dangerous highs, prompting health warnings, mask distribution, and a police crackdown that led to arrests, fines, and action against crop burning, smoke-emitting vehicles, and brick ki
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Lahore tops world's most polluted cities' list
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In Lahore, pollution levels varied across different areas, with Allama Iqbal Town recording an alarming AQI of 459, followed by Gulberg at 396, Shadman at 384, Model Town at 362, and Lahore Airport at 398.
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India home to six of world's most polluted cities despite drop in PM 2.5:
Updated : 1 year ago IST
India saw a 7 percent decline in PM2.5 levels in 2024, but six of the world's ten most polluted cities were still in the country, according to the IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report.
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Pakistan: Lahore ranked world's most polluted city as air quality hits haz
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to the latest Air Quality Index (AQI) rankings from IQAir, Karachi and Lahore are listed among the most polluted cities in the world, based on data from a prominent global air quality monitoring service.
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Pakistan: Lahore, Karachi among world's most polluted cities amid smog cri
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to the Swiss air quality monitor, Lahore topped the global pollution chart with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 266 at 9:14 am, while Karachi followed closely in third place with an AQI of 216.
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Lahore becomes the most polluted city in the world
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
With Air Quality Index (AQI) touching the mark 708, Lahore yet again, topped the world map in the list of most polluted cities of the world, reported Dawn.
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Plant trees to save Delhi, says Ghanshyam Gupta Zaveri
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19: Every year millions of people around the world lose their lives due to diseases related to pollution. India's cities like Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkata are among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, as far as the capital Delhi is concerned, the patients of diseases re
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Indian Auto LPG Coalition Urges Government to Promote Auto LPG as a Clean
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7: There have been recent reports flagging a sharp decline in sales of Auto LPG vehicles since 2019 in India. A top automaker is even said to have stopped the manufacturing of its LPG models. For a country that is home to the largest number of polluted cities among th
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Kathmandu tops list of polluted cities in world, visibility falls amid for
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to IQ Air, an organization measuring the real-time pollution of 101 cities in the world, Kathmandu on Sunday mid-day stood in the first position with the Air Quality Index crossing the mark of 190.
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Pollution makes life hazardous in Kathmandu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 30 (ANI): For the last one week, the air quality of Kathmandu has deteriorated and the Himalayan nation's capital has remained in the list of the top ten most polluted cities in the world, as per the report by IQAir, a Swiss air quality tech company.
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NHRC Chairman Justice Arun Mishra says environmental degradation impacting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): With 63 Indian cities there in the list of 100 most-polluted cities, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Tuesday wondered how the ground situation was not changing despite the enabling laws and rules.
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Lahore most polluted city in the world, as per US Air Quality Index
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 11 (ANI): Lahore is on top of the list of the most polluted cities in the world, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index.
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