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March 11 (UPI) --Fewer than one in five global cities met World Health Organization air pollution standards in 2024 with Central and South Asia accounting for the nine most polluted metropolitan ...

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Meanwhile, Delhi remains the world's most polluted capital city, and India ranked fifth overall in 2024—a slight improvement from its third-place ranking in 2023.

World's most polluted city is located in India ... has fallen from third to fifth place in terms of pollution levels compared to the previous year. The report highlights that air pollution ...

All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in ... with 1.4 billion people dropped from third to fifth place from the previous year, according to the report.

while India ranked as the fifth most polluted country in 2024, dropping from third place in 2023. Meanwhile, four cities in Pakistan and one in China also made it to the top 20 list of the most ...

Thirteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities in 2024 were in India, with Byrnihat town in Meghalaya topping the list, according to the 2024 World Air Quality Report published on Tuesday by ...