Dips  

The Indian Meteorological Department said the city is likely to witness dense fog in the next 48 hours despite pollution levels dipping further
 

Delhi woke up to a hazy morning on Friday as the air quality index (AQI) of the national capital dipped again to the ‘poor’ category 
 

Air quality in the national capital deteriorated after a brief respite. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city's overall air quality index (AQI) read 242 at 4 pm on Tuesday, up from 214 at the corresponding time the previous day.

The overall air quality of Delhi and the NCR has entered the ‘Severe’ category. The effective stubble fire counts estimated by SAFAR-integrated multi-satellite methodology have shown decreasing trend and were 740 on November 11, but the transport level wind direction is forecast to be highly favorable for plume intrusion for the next two days, SAFAR stated.

To curb air pollution, the Arvind Kejriwal led-government in Delhi has announced the implementation of the odd-even scheme from November 4-November 15
 

Karnataka shivered under the cold wave that hit the state two days ago. The temperature plummeted in the last two days and is likely to remain the same throughout January. Bidar in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region reported a record low temperature of six degrees Celsius.

Records state Medak, Hanmakonda, Ramagundam and Hyderabad recorded minimum temperatures (past 24 hours) of 6, 9, 9, 9 degrees Celsius, respectively. Students of welfare hostels were provided blankets for relief
 

Delhi-NCR areas like Ghaziabad and Gurgaon recorded 'very poor' air quality at 302 and 336 respectively, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data said. Yesterday, the AQI of Delhi was registered at 259.