As areas in Delhi NCR see an AQI of 500, here’s how the toxic pollution is impacting your body on a daily basis

Delhi recorded air pollution more than 17 times above an acceptable level as worsening smog triggered curbs on trucking and shuttered construction sites and schools.

With primary schools across Delhi switching to online mode in the wake of rising air pollution, authorities are taking measures to safeguard the students of Class VI and above who would be attending their classes' offline.

Authorities in New Delhi closed primary schools and imposed vehicle and construction restrictions on Friday, as air pollution levels in the Indian capital remained “severe”. The government-run Central Pollution Control Board said air quality readings in parts of the city were above 400,