India’s capital accused of tampering with air quality readings to make pollution look less dire


There is a new worrying development: another “smog” is hovering over the veracity of New Delhi’s pollution readings. - AP

NEW DELHI: October arrives each year in India’s capital with its notorious toxic smog, blanketing the city’s skyline and sending its residents into coughing fits.

It is no different in 2025, but there is a new worrying development: Another “smog” is hovering over the veracity of New Delhi’s pollution readings, denting the credibility of its data and potentially impairing the fight against pollution.

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