CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi is the most polluted capital city in the world according to IQAir’s World Air Quality Report 2021. It is followed by: New Delhi. Dhaka.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Delhi once again kept its place as the most polluted capital city in the world in 2021, with an average PM2. 5 concentration of 85 micrograms per cubic meter of air (g/m³). PM2.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Delhi: The 2021 World Air Quality Report for the fourth consecutive year finds New Delhi as the most polluted capital city (and fourth most polluted city) in the World followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh, N’Djamena in Chad, Dushanbe in Tajikistan and Muscat in Oman.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Delhi: Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, a new report said on Tuesday (March 16). The report is prepared by Swiss organisation, IQAir, in the form of the ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’, which has released globally.