News LIVE: Delhi air quality ‘severe’, BJP National Executive meet tomorrow

News LIVE: Delhi air quality ‘severe’, BJP National Executive meet tomorrow


The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s National Executive meeting will be held on Sunday in the national capital, during which Prime Minister Modi will deliver a valedictory address. This will be the first meeting of the BJP’s key decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC) after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as well as the first during the party chief J.P Nadda’s tenure. The meeting will begin with Nadda’s inaugural speech and will end with Modi’s address.

The Index (AQI) of Delhi continues to remain in the ‘severe’ category, informed the System of and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) on Sunday. According to SAFAR’s analysis at 6:15 am today, Delhi’s overall was found to be in ‘severe’ category with the AQI standing at 436. However, Delhi’s AQI was 437 on Saturday night wherein the concentration of PM 2.5 was 318, while that of PM 10 was reported to be 448. As per the Centre-run SAFAR, Delhi’s AQI is likely to improve to the upper end of the ‘very poor’ category as the “surface winds are becoming stronger”, dispersing air pollutants from the evening of November 7.





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