South Delhi (Geopolitical Entity)

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited Katwaria Sarai – a bustling hub for South Delhi’s student community. Located near the Indian Statistical Institute, JNU, and NCERT, the area’s air quality is a vital health concern for the thousands of students and workers who commute here every day.

Is the air in our homes as dirty as the air outdoors? To find out, Newslaundry compared the air quality index (AQI) levels inside and outside a home in Munirka, South Delhi. Using our portable monitoring device – and without any purifiers running – we recorded an outdoor AQI of…

Inside Hauz Khas Enclave, yet another posh South Delhi neighbourhood, there’s a sense of calm and quiet affluence. Thanks to the good roads flanked by opulent houses, the serene shade of tall trees, and the metal barricades blocking the streets in the area. But this illusion begins to crack the…

“There appears to be a concerted effort to regularise illegal constructions by the affluent.”

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry reached the Hauz Rani City Forest – among the several green spaces in South Delhi. Despite the green cover, the AQI at the nearest monitoring station was pegged at 155 or in the moderate category. As per CPCB data, PM2.5 levels were…

“I make Rs 10,000 through household chores and cooking, of which I pay rent of Rs 4,000 for a single room. Sometimes it gets difficult to put food on the table,” says Sumitra, a mother of two living in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar. Two years ago, she paid Rs 3,000 for…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred complaints against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for using abusive language against BSP MP Danish Ali to the Privileges Committee. INDIA parties submitted complaints and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey also complained against Ali for allegedly making provocative remarks against PM Modi.

The opposition is demanding the suspension of BJP’s South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri after his crude slurs targeting the Muslim community and BSP Amroha MP Kunwar Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha. While Speaker Om Birla has reportedly issued a warning against the BJP MP over the remarks, which have…

A fire broke out at at the Pheonix Hospital in South Delhi's Greater Kailash Part 1 on Saturday morning. Read on for details:

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid out his vision of Delhi as an ideal city where the poor, who build the city, get due space in planning and access to the best facilities. While handing over the keys of newly constructed flats to slum dwellers in Kalkaji…