Overview
- Indian chess Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi warned on X that people were "slowly being poisoned" and shared a screenshot showing Delhi’s AQI at 598.
- His post drew wide reaction online, with users expressing health worries, criticizing authorities, and recounting masking up indoors and outdoors.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management re-imposed Stage IV of the GRAP in Delhi-NCR on Saturday night after Stage III was applied on Friday.
- World No. 3 Anders Antonsen withdrew from the India Open earlier in the week citing extreme pollution in Delhi, noting he was fined $5,000 by the BWF.
- Gujrathi’s screenshot also showed a tracker ranking India as the most polluted country at that moment, as hazardous conditions persisted through the weekend.