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Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted major city as air quality deteriorates
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a health story. Dawn is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 13 Nov 2026, 07:26 UTC. The headline in use is “Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted major city as air quality deteriorates”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
India’s capital, Delhi, overtook Lahore to become the world’s most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people. Earlier, Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 334, categorised as “hazardous”, making it the most polluted major…
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- First reported by Dawn
Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted major city as air quality deteriorates
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- Dawn