{
  "id": 16204214,
  "title": "Air pollution alert: 3 Punjab cities among world's top 10 most polluted; Check AQI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/air-pollution-alert-3-punjab-cities-among-worlds-top-10-most-polluted",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:12:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/air-pollution-alert-3-punjab-cities-among-worlds-top-10-most-polluted-check-aqi-11792773214732.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Three cities in Punjab - Amritsar, Bathinda, and Faridkot - have been ranked among the world's top 10 most polluted cities, according to real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) rankings. Amritsar had the highest AQI of 392, followed by Bathinda at 368 and Faridkot at 360. Meantime, Delhi's air quality remains in the 'poor' category, with an AQI of 230 and expected to stay poor for the next nine days. The transport sector is identified as the biggest contributor to Delhi's pollution, accounting for 20.3% of it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}