Byrnihat, a city on the border of Assam-Meghalaya, is in the headlines for emerging as the world's most polluted. The World Air Quality Report 2024 released by the Swiss firm IQAir mentions that ...

India had six of the nine most polluted cities, with the industrial town of Byrnihat in northeastern India the worst. Experts said the real amount of air pollution might be far greater as many ...

firecrackers and unfavourable weather conditions. India's pollution crisis extends beyond Byrnihat and Delhi, with 13 Indian cities making it to the list of the world's top 20 most polluted cities.

NEW DELHI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Byrnihat in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya has been identified as the most polluted place in the world, according to the World Air Quality Report 2024 by ...