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Daily Sabah reports that Punjab has deployed new rapid-response units, fines and subsidized machinery against crop burning as haze over Lahore is rated 'very unhealthy'.
Thick smog settled over New Delhi on Monday, 9 November, after residents set off firecrackers during Diwali despite Supreme Court restrictions, with air quality in several areas rated 'severe'.
Swiss group IQAir listed Delhi as the world's most polluted major city on Saturday morning as the Indian capital faced severe pollution forecasts ahead of Diwali.
A study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air estimates that forest and land fire smoke caused 3,560 deaths in Indonesia in September 2026, while the government defends its response to the fires.
Malaysia closed schools in several areas, including the capital, on 9 October 2026, after haze from forest fires in Indonesia pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels.
A Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service report, as relayed by AFP, finds that about a third of people worldwide were exposed to ozone well above WHO guidance in 2026, with Asia most affected.