Intentar ORO - Gratis
AIR QUALITY SLIPS TO 'VERY POOR' AS AQI HITS 305, 2ND TIME THIS MONTH
The Morning Standard
|February 12, 2026
DELHI'S air quality deteriorated on Wednesday evening, slipping back into the 'very poor' category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 305, as per the data.
This is the second time this month that pollution levels have entered this bracket.
The previous instance was on February 4, when the Air Quality Index stood at 339. In comparison, the AQI was 271 on February 10 and 249 on February 9, placing it in the 'poor' category earlier this week.
Esta historia es de la edición February 12, 2026 de The Morning Standard.
Suscríbete a Magzter GOLD para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9000 revistas y periódicos.
¿Ya eres suscriptor? Iniciar sesión
MÁS HISTORIAS DE The Morning Standard
The Morning Standard
Living PRECARIOUSLY by the Yamuna
Residents of riverside settlements are staring at homelessness after calling the Yamuna home for generations. The increased consciousness in society for ecological restoration seems to have a dispensable human cost
6 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE RETURN OF GREAT POWER BARGAINING
As Washington and Beijing search for a more stable relationship, India must assess whether a more accommodative US-China equation could reshape Asian geopolitics and regional power balances
4 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
ZERO FARMER SUICIDES; DISTRESS STILL REMAINS
TELANGANA has come a long way since its formation in 2014. While development is often measured through indicators such as state gross domestic product, per capita income and soaring skylines, one statistic perhaps reflects the state’s transformation more meaningfully than the skyscrapers rising across Hyderabad—the number of farmer suicides.
1 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
NEET GOING DIGITAL MEANS LITTLE WITHOUT NTA TRANSPARENCY
FOR the second time in three years, India’s nodal testing agency, the National Testing Agency (NTA), has failed the crucial test of conducting examinations at scale.
1 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
GRACE OF SKANDA
ADHIKA Skanda Sashti falls on May 21, and brings sweet thoughts of Murugan, meaning ‘the beautiful one’ in Tamil.
4 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
Ayodhya’s Ram Katha Museum to get 3 palm-leaf Ramayana manuscripts
INTERNATIONAL Ram Katha Museum (IRKM) in Ayodhya is set to acquire three rare palm-leaf manuscripts of Ramayana selected by the expert committee set up for the purpose.
1 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
DMRC to run 24 additional trips every Monday
THE DMRC announced a series of measures aimed at encouraging more people to shift from private vehicles to public transport across Delhi-NCR.
1 min
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
Domestic market trails global equities
Taiwan and South Korean markets surged 100-200% in a year, while domestic benchmarks declined 10-12%
2 mins
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
Porel, Rahul and Starc help DC overcome RR
ABHISHEK Porel and KL Rahul hit fluent half-centuries as Delhi Capitals overhauled a competitive Rajasthan Royals total to register a five-wicket victory in their Indian Premier League clash here on Sunday.
1 min
May 18, 2026
The Morning Standard
53 pilgrim deaths in Char Dham this season, Kedarnath shrine leads at 28
AS many as 53 pilgrims have lost their lives during the world-renowned Char Dham Yatra so far in Uttarakhand this season, with 28 deaths occurring at the Kedarnath shrine alone, official reports from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.
1 min
May 18, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size