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 India's northeast. DW explores why.

The city of Linfen in Shanxi province has topped China's pollution charts for the past three years. A visit there illustrates how the industrial revolution transforming the world's most populous ...

The demolition of a power plant in the area in 2020 spread soot “for miles and miles,” she said. When that combined with normal pollution levels, street vendors, other outdoor workers and a 7 ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - New Delhi topped global pollution charts on Friday, partly due to revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. India's ...

With pollution levels soaring, a 2022 report by the Meghalaya Pollution Control Board recommended halting construction and limiting truck traffic to reduce harmful PM2.5 levels in Byrnihat. Faced with ...