India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)
India stepped up anti-pollution curbs in New Delhi and nearby areas after a sudden spike in airborne toxins.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 03: Commuters make their way along a road on a hazy morning caused by pollution on December 03, 2025 in New Delhi, India. The capital's Air Quality Index reached 376—classified as "very poor" to "severe"—with PM2.5 levels recorded at more than 20 times the World Health Organization's safe limits, prompting health experts to declare conditions "extreme and life-threatening" as 30 million residents contend with persistent headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory distress from a toxic cocktail of vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, and construction dust trapped under stagnant winter air. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)