Diwali is known as the festival of lights but there's another inevitable factor that comes along with the glitz and glam of Diwali celebrations: poor air quality. Diwali sees an increase in air ...

NEW DELHI(AP) — Thick smog blanketed India’s capital Tuesday, a day after millions celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with fireworks that sent air pollution soaring to hazardous levels. Revelers ...

LONDON -- As Indians prepare for Diwali, the prominent Hindu festival of lights set to begin on Monday, during which many celebrants will be bursting firecrackers for almost three days, officials in ...

A move to use "green" firecrackers appeared not to have made a difference. LONDON -- As the celebrations of the Diwali festival come to an end, the city of New Delhi faces air quality in the "very ...

Residents of the national capital woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Wednesday morning, as Delhi’s air quality took a severe hit following Diwali celebrations. At 5:30 a.m., the Air Quality Index ...

NEW DELHI– Even as the national capital woke up to toxic air on October 20 morning with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling to the “very poor” category, health experts warned of an increase in ...

The air in New Delhi, often terrible, has broken records recently. Crowds have shouted "AQI!" a reference to a popular air ...