Delhi, AQI and air pollution

Delhi air pollution: Air quality slips back to `severe` with AQI at 420
Delhi`s air quality slipped back to the `severe` category on Saturday morning with an AQI of 420 while the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.4 degrees Celsius. Out of 38 monitoring stations, nine recorded air quality in the `severe plus` category with AQI exceeding 450.
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Delhi pollution: Air quality deteriorates to 'severe' category in Delhi-NCR; AQI at 419
At 6 am on Saturday, the CPCB recorded Delhi’s AQI at 419, which placed it back in the ‘severe’ category.
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Delhi's air quality turns ‘severe’ again; AQI at 420
The AQI in Anand Vihar was recorded as 457; the AQI in Ashok Vihar was 455; Chandni Chowk's AQI was 439 and RK Puram recorded an AQI of 421.
Delhi weather update: NCR's air quality plunges back into 'severe' category
With the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reading 422 at 6 AM on Saturday, Delhi was once again engulfed in a dense layer of poisonous haze as the air quality fell into the "Severe" category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
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