HT Evening News Brief November 9: Delhi's PM2.5 readings go blank on Diwali night; Sheikh Hasina seeks passport to return to Bangladesh

Learn the reported action together with its current status. On Diwali night, Delhi's PM2.5 readings climbed towards 1,000, then went blankPM2.5 readings at many of Delhi's air monitoring stations climbed towards 1,000 micrograms per cubic metre on Diwali night and then went blank, while the stations went on sending readings for gases, HT's analysis of records kept by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows. Across all 59 Delhi stations, 43 had a gap in PM2.5 between 10pm and 6am.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. At 14 of those 43, the last reading before the gap was 900 or more, within 100 of the 1,000 mark. Stations run by all three operators went blank: CPCB, IITM and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the city's own pollution regulator.

• On Diwali night, Delhi's PM2.5 readings climbed towards 1,000, then went blankPM2.5 readings at many of Delhi's air monitoring stations climbed towards 1,000 micrograms per cubic metre on Diwali night and then went blank, while the stations went on sending readings for gases, HT's analysis of records kept by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows. • Across all 59 Delhi stations, 43 had a gap in PM2.5 between 10pm and 6am. • Hasina, 79, has lived in India since her government was ousted in a student-led uprising in August 2024.