India, Nov. 4 -- Delhi's official air quality figure was 350 on Tuesday, in the 'very poor' band and the city's worst since January 20. At 6pm, 11 of Delhi's 57 reporting stations were in the 'severe' band, with Jahangirpuri highest at 459 and Lodhi Road lowest at 212. The air at Safdarjung had been calm for most of Monday night, and Nasa's satellite had counted 167 farm fires in Punjab and Haryana that day, a count well short of the real number.

HT has brought all of these together on one screen in its new HT Pollution Dashboard. Available on the HT app and the website - just type hindustantimes.com/breathe - the new dashboard gives residents of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) the government's own air quality figures, update...