Latest: Delhi's AQI crossed 300 on Monday, with smog expected to worsen for 7-10 days
Delhi's AQI crossed 300 on Monday, 2 November, with the CPCB recording 307 at 7.05 am and 312 at 9 am, and Jahangirpuri reaching 417. A meteorologist said smog may worsen for 7-10 days, while curbs on older outside-registered vehicles and other GRAP restrictions are being enforced and Congress's Jairam Ramesh criticised the Centre over PM2.5 standards. Summary updated 2 Nov, 20:02 IST
Why it matters: Delhi-NCR's air quality affects the health of crores of residents, and the first 'very poor' reading signals the start of the winter pollution season, with tighter curbs and a forecast of worsening smog.
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Headline before this update: Delhi air turns 'very poor' for first time this season
Summary before this update: Delhi's AQI crossed 300 on Monday, 2 November, with the CPCB recording 312 at 9 am and several stations above 300 earlier. Stage I GRAP curbs began on 1 November, and Congress's Jairam Ramesh criticised the Centre over PM2.5 standards.
Note before this update: Two reports stick to readings, weather and GRAP rules, while one reports Congress criticism of the Centre over PM2.5 standards.
“What's missing” before this update:
Based on 19 articles read in full. Scores describe each article's framing, not the outlet and not whether it is accurate.
Large outlets read: 4 of 15 (Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Aaj Tak, Times Now).
Most reports stick to readings, forecasts, health advice and GRAP rules, while one reports Congress criticism of the Centre over PM2.5 standards.
Why: Mostly Congress's criticism of the Centre over PM2.5 standards, with state-led regulation framing and no government reply. Mild environmental-regulation angle, little on religion, identity or social justice, so near centre.
Why: Plain explainer of pollution rules with no ideological framing; touches mild regulation/statism but neutrally. Official-event reporting, no praise or criticism despite the headline's 'choke' framing.
Why: Routine report of pollution readings, weather forecast and GRAP restrictions; no ideological framing, and no praise or criticism of any government.
Why: Agency report on Delhi's AQI reading and weather data, with no policy framing or ideological angle and no criticism or praise of any government.
Why: Reports traffic snarls and pollution curbs in Delhi with factual detail; no religion, social justice or statism framing, and no clear praise or criticism of the government.
Why: Routine pollution report with CPCB readings and official enforcement figures; no ideological framing, though it relies on government voices and carries no critique of policy.
Why: Factual air quality report using CPCB data, NASA fire counts and a meteorologist's forecast. It takes no position on policy, religion, social justice or statism, so it is not ideological.
Why: Factual air-quality report with data, official measures and background; no religion, social-justice or statist framing, and no praise or criticism of any government in the outlet's own voice.
Why: Factual pollution report citing CPCB data, NASA fire counts and a meteorologist. No policy, identity or welfare framing, and no blame placed on any government.
Why: Factual air-quality report citing CPCB, NASA and a meteorologist; touches no ideological dimension and has no loaded framing toward government, so it is non-ideological and neutral.
Why: Air quality report with health advice and GRAP background; no religion, social justice or statism angle, and no framing of government action.
Why: Plain report of a CAQM air-quality order with AQI figures and GRAP background. No ideological framing, no contested policy angle, and no praise or criticism of government.
Why: Plain report of a CAQM air-quality order and its measures; no religion, social justice or statism framing, and no praise or criticism of government in the outlet's own voice.
Why: Reports pollution curbs and AQI data without touching religion, social justice or statism dimensions; plain factual account with mention of commuter complaints, no clear stance on government.
Why: Plain explainer on pollution levels and GRAP-2 restrictions. No ideological framing, no criticism or praise of any government, and no touch on the rubric's dimensions.
Why: Explainer on GRAP Stage-II rules and Delhi's winter action plan. Plain service journalism with no framing on religion, social justice or statism, and no judgment of government performance.
Why: Plain report of a regulator's pollution-control order and AQI data, with no religion, security, social-justice or statism angle and no judgement of the government.
Why: Plain service report on a CAQM pollution-control order and its restrictions; no religion, identity, social justice or statism framing, and no praise or criticism of government.
Why: Factual pollution data report with AQI readings, source contributions and forecasts; no policy debate, religion, social justice or statism angle, and no blame assigned to any government.
Critical, Neutral or Supportive, scored separately. It refers to the Union government unless the story is about a state. On the spectrum strip, each dot is an article: its position is the ideology score and its colour is the stance.
If an article would score differently with the parties' roles reversed, that signal is partisanship. It goes into the stance tag, not the ideology score.
High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.
Stories with fewer than five articles are marked. A blindspot is a contested story where we found coverage from only one side.
Articles that touch none of the three dimensions, such as a car launch or a match report, carry no ideology score.
This prototype is refreshed by hand (last on 17 Oct, 03:00 IST). At launch:
| Wires and the top 20 outlets | checked every 5 minutes |
| All other outlets | checked every 15 minutes |
| New story | goes up at 3 articles from 2 or more outlets, marked Limited coverage |
| Live stories | new articles added every 15 minutes; summary rewritten at most hourly |
| Home page order | every 15 minutes |
New facts go into a dated update log at the top of the story. New articles carry an “Added” tag. If a note or list changes, the earlier version stays viewable.
A story is Live while coverage arrives, Winding down after about 2 days without new coverage, and Archived after about 7. Nothing is deleted: links never change, archived scores are frozen, and stories stay on their issue pages and in search.
NDTV, India Today, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Indian Express, News18, ABP, Times Now and Mint block the reader used for this prototype, so their articles are missing. Each story shows how many of India’s 15 largest outlets we read. The launch pipeline will read outlets’ public feeds, TV transcripts and Hindi articles.
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