Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was battling breathing problems for several days before she was hospitalised in March and given oxygen support.

Byrnihat, situada numa região fortemente industrializada do Nordeste da Índia, regista uma concentração média de 128 microgramas de PM2,5 por metro cúbico.

This country was home to half of the cities with the highest levels of air pollution in 2024.

Shillong: The Meghalaya government has launched an urgent audit of industrial units in Byrnihat following reports identifying it as the

Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was battling breathing problems for several days before she was hospitalised in March and given oxygen support.

New Delhi continues to be the most polluted capital on Earth, but it's not the world's most polluted city. That title goes to Byrnihat, an industrial town in northeast India. DW explores why.

The city topped the list of most polluted cities in the world. Unregulated industrial standards and vehicle emissions are the major drivers of the city's pollution. Joint action by the governments and...

Swiss air quality technology company IQAir recently released a World Air Quality Report that positions thirteen Indian cities among the top twenty most polluted cities worldwide. Byrnihat, a city from Assam, secured the first global position while New Delhi maintained...

Byrnihat, situada numa região fortemente industrializada do Nordeste da Índia, regista uma concentração média de 128 microgramas de PM2,5 por metro cúbico.

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United Stat...

Shillong: After reports emerged on social media about air pollution in Byrnihat and claims that respiratory illnesses have increased by nearly 77 per

Prema nedavno objavljenom Izvješću o kvaliteti zraka u svijetu za 2024. godinu, švicarske tvrtke IQAir, indijski gradovi i dalje zauzimaju neslavno prvo mjesto po razini zagađenja zraka u svijetu. Byrnihat, smješten u istočnoj Indiji, zauzima prvo mjesto na listi najzagađenijih gradova. Za usporedbu, Beč, točnije uže gradsko jezgro, zauzima 3587. mjesto od ukupno 8954 analiziranih gradova. Nacionalni prosjek onečišćenja česticama u Indiji je alarmantnih deset puta veći od preporučene granice Svjetske zdravstvene organizacije (WHO).

The crackdown follows an inspection led by Principal Secretary of Forest & Environment, Sampath Kumar, who found that these units were repeatedly violating environmental norms.