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A thick layer of fog shrouded areas around Mumbai and Maharashtra yesterday morning, with air quality down to “severe” with poor visibility. Things improved slightly this morning, but the city’s air quality won’t return to normal until at least the evening.
According to the National Air Quality Index daily tally, Mumbai’s AQI today is 286, up from the “satisfactory” AQI of 99 two days ago.

Officials blame the smog in the city for dust storms in the Middle East and other border areas sparked by recent unrest in the west.

According to Dr Gufran Beig, Programme Director and Chief Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, “Mumbai’s AQI is now in the ‘severe’ category. The same is true for Pune. This is an unusual and unprecedented situation. The AQI has not been in the ‘severe’ category for so many years, and Pune’s air quality rarely falls into the ‘very poor’ category.”

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“The day before yesterday, a dust storm with warmer temperatures from the Gulf, Afghanistan and border regions caused an increase in surface winds, which subsequently moved into India, resulting in a drop in the AQI,” he added.

Dr Beig said air quality was expected to improve over the next 24 hours. “It may be back to pre-dust levels until tomorrow night,” he said.

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 are considered satisfactory, 101 and 200 are considered moderate, 201 and 300 are considered poor, 301 and 400 are very poor, and 401 and 500 are serious.

Light rain and high winds also contributed to unusually cold weather in the city. Earlier this month, Mumbai experienced its coldest morning of the season, with temperatures dropping to 13.2 degrees Celsius.
The cold weather, caused by a strong western disturbance in northern India, caused Mumbai to drop from January 22, with the Meteorological Department warning a low of around 14 degrees. In January, Mumbai recorded its biggest drop in maximum temperature in a decade, officials from the Indian Meteorological Department said.

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The stock market opened in red on Thursday, with the Sensex trading below 187.91 points and the Nifty below 46.45 points. The 30-share Sensex rose by 520.90 points or 0.65% to settle at 80,116.49, the highest closing level since December 18. Eight of the 13 major sectors declined at the open, while the broader, more domestically focused small-caps and mid-caps traded flat.

Ajay Bagga, market expert, said that the overhang remains for the next 10 to 15 days, the time it took in the previous two instances from the terrorist strike to the retaliatory Uri and Balakot strikes. On Wednesday, stock markets extended their surge to the seventh day, with Sensex share jumping 520 points to close above 80,000 level for the first time in four months.

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The stock market closed in green for the 7th day on Wednesday, with the 30-share Sensex rising by 520.90 points or 0.65% to settle at 80,116.49, the highest closing level since December 18. During the day, it surged by 658.96 points or 0.82 per cent to 80,254.55. The NSE Nifty rallied 161.70 points or 0.67 per cent to 24,328.95. HCL Tech surged the most by 7.72 per.

Cent after posting an 8.1% increase in consolidated net profit at ₹4,307 crore for March quarter 2024-25, mainly on account of large deals with a total contract value of about ₹25,500 crore. Kotak Mahindra Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, ITC, and UltraTech Cement were also among the laggards, according to PTI Both the Sensex and Nifty reversed their seven-day.

Uptrend and settled lower on Thursday, amid profit-taking and disappointing Q4 earnings of Hindustan Unilever. Selling in blue-chips ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, and a largely muted trend in Asian and European equities also dragged the markets down, PTI reported. In the past seven trading days, the BSE benchmark gauge zoomed 6,269.34 points or 8.48 per cent, and the Nifty.

jumped 1,929.8 points or 8.61 per cent ​Indian stock markets experienced significant declines on April 25, 2025, amid escalating geopolitical tensions with Pakistan following a deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which resulted in 26 civilian deaths. The BSE Sensex fell by 1,195 points during intraday trading, closing 570.8 points lower at 79,227, while the NSE.

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The market downturn was driven by widespread losses across sectors, with 12 out of 13 major indices ending in the red. Broader markets were also affected, as mid-cap and small-cap Nifty50 dropped 207.3 points to settle at 24,039 indices declined over 2%. Investor sentiment was further dampened by India’s strong diplomatic response to the attack, which included.

suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari border crossing, and revoking visa privileges for Pakistani nationals The Indian rupee weakened, closing 0.2% lower at 85.45 against the U.S. dollar, influenced by month-end dollar demand and increased geopolitical uncertainty. Bond yields also rose, reflecting heightened risk aversion among investors

Analysts caution that the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan could continue to impact market stability. While a full-scale conflict is considered unlikely, the situation remains fluid, and investors are advised to monitor developments closely In Pakistan, the Karachi Stock Exchange’s KSE-100 index fell by 2.12%, or 2,485.85 points, as investors reacted to India’s.

The United Nations has urged both nations to exercise restraint and resolve their differences through peaceful dialogue diplomatic measures and the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty Indian stock markets slipped into the red on April 25, 2025, following India’s strong diplomatic actions against Pakistan after a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir. The BSE Sensex.

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