Beijing Municipality has been hit by strong winds and sandstorms since Saturday afternoon, causing air pollution.

Delhi’s air quality worsened to the “severe” category on Saturday morning (December 13, 2025), prompting authorities to implement Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) announced the emergency measures to curb pollution in the capital and neighboring regions.

Air pollution in New Delhi soared to hazardous levels on Tuesday, with the city recording the highest readings worldwide, according to Swiss group IQAir.

In recent years, China has strengthened its environmental policies, steering the wastewater treatment industry towards a more eco-friendly and sustainable direction.

An Air Quality Alert remains active statewide until 11:00 p.m. due to lingering Canadian wildfire smoke and haze. Temperatures will be seasonably warm, with highs mostly in the lower 80s away from the coast and in the 70s along the shore.

Senior executives from at least three of Russia’s “systemically important” banks have privately discussed requesting a state bailout within the next year if deteriorating loan quality worsens.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality health advisory for Tuesday across several upstate counties due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter.