Gautam Gambhir slammed AAP for attacking him on missing a high-level parliamentary panel meeting on the air pollution crisis in Delhi. He claimed that his work will speak for him while AAP made his commercial engagements (which were entered into before I had become an MP) an issue..."

The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Wednesday ordered that the schools and colleges must remain close in Delhi and NCR region for the next two days after the air pollution level dipped further and remained in the severe category.

With decreasing wind speed and a break on odd-even scheme during Guru Nanak Jayanti, the air pollution drew a steep rise with AQI touching 500-mark at several places in the national capital. The situation is likely to worsen as it may enter the 'Emergency' zone today.

As expected, the Odd-Even scheme has come to effect in the national capital from 8 AM on Monday as the residents in Delhi battle apocalyptic levels of air pollution.

Despite a thick blanket cover over the national capital, the BCCI has not taken a decision to call off first T20I match between India and Bangladesh slated to be played later today at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, a report said.

At least 32 flights have been diverted at the Delhi airport after a thick blanket of smog covered the major section of national capital on Sunday morning.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Delhi when the national capital is passing through one of its worst phases of air pollution; taking a note of the situation, she said the air pollution can be a good argument on replacing the public buses which run on diesel with the electric ones.

Rohit Sharma was seen walking off the field moments after he was struck by a ball on the leg during practice session. There have been a lot of assumptions being made over his health as he did not return to the field later in the day.

A public health emergency has been declared in Delhi and nearby areas by the pollution control body appointed by the Supreme Court, as the air quality dropped to 'emergency' or 'severe-plus' category for the first time since January, on Friday.

Amid growing concerns of air pollution in Delhi, Bangladesh players were seen practicing on the ground with pollution masks on their faces at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.