{"id":269179,"date":"2023-11-14T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269179"},"modified":"2023-11-14T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:03:16","slug":"iqair-report-delhi-most-polluted-city-in-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iqair-report-delhi-most-polluted-city-in-world\/","title":{"rendered":"IQAir report: Delhi most polluted city in world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cIQAir report: Delhi most polluted city in world\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 14th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

IQAir has released the <\/span>Air Quality Index(AQI).<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Air Quality Index(AQI)?<\/b><\/h2>\n
\"IQAir
Source:<\/strong> IQAir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Released by<\/b><\/td>\nIQAir, a Swiss based air purifier company<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purpose<\/b><\/td>\nTo measure <\/span>air quality levels data from 109 countries<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Based on<\/b><\/td>\nUS Methodology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parameter<\/b><\/td>\nIt <\/span>measures air quality levels based on the concentration of airborne particles known as PM2.5.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the key findings of the <\/b>IQAir <\/b>Air Quality Index(AQI)?<\/b><\/h2>\n

1)Most Polluted City: <\/b>Delhi was the most polluted city in the world. It was followed by Lahore, Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

— Note:<\/strong> Air pollution in parts of Delhi was 30 times the safe limits prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO) contributed in part by the firecrackers.<\/p>\n

2)Other Indian Cities in top 10 polluted cities: <\/b>Kolkata was fourth on the list, followed by Mumbai in ninth place.<\/span><\/p>\n

3)Cleanest City:<\/b> Mexico City was declared the cleanest city in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Environment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIQAir report: Delhi most polluted city in world\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 14th November 2023 Why in the News? IQAir has released the Air Quality Index(AQI). What is the Air Quality Index(AQI)? Specifications Details Released by IQAir, a Swiss based air purifier company Purpose To measure… Continue reading IQAir report: Delhi most polluted city in world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1305,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-269179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-index-reports-bodies","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":3,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699977327},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}