Since Diwali is over, the obvious has happened. Delhi, the capital city of India is once again breaking records in achieving the worst AQI! It’s like smoking 25-30 cigarettes a day without even touching one.

Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools for a week.

Dangerously poor air quality on Monday forced Pakistani authorities in the cultural capital of Lahore to close primary schools for a week, government officials said, after the air-quality index hit a record high over the weekend.

A toxic cloud of smog has swept over Pakistan and India, causing one of Pakistan's major cities to put schools on lockdown. On Sunday, the capital of the Punjab region of Pakistan, Lahore, held the real-time top spot as the world's most polluted city,