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Delhi air pollution: How ‘green crackers’ couldn’t save the capital from choking

It was a noisy Diwali in Delhi as ‘green’ fireworks burst non-stop across the capital. Now it sits under a thick, choking blanket of smog filled with ultra-fine pollutants. According to data, the average AQI touched the ‘severe’ category, at 451, at 7 am on Tuesday, 1.8x above the national average

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