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Agencies under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) would operate from home on Thursday and Friday to reduce traffic and potential exposure for city employees.

Asian cities are increasingly falling victim to unhealthy air quality levels and this does not bode well for long-term sustainability.

Air quality in Sydney plummeted to levels among the world's worst as smoke from bushfires in the north blanketed the harbour city.

The plan to make rain via cloud seeding to battle the smog has been pushed back due to unfavourable weather.

Experts say that the problem lies in a lack of coordination on pollution control efforts between the countries.

A thick layer of smog had begun to circulate in New Delhi from Sunday night, sending its AQI to an alarming 680 a little after midnight.

Friday's rain comes two days before the Diwali festival, when many people defy a ban on firecrackers, causing a spike in air pollution.

Depending on legal approval and weather conditions, authorities would try to induce rain from around Nov. 20.

Primary schools in the city had been shut, as part of measures to protect young children against smog and growing air pollution.

Daytime temperatures in Beijing hovered above 20 degrees Celsius bathing the capital in a warm smog.

Taal, which spewed above average sulfur dioxide and volcanic smog on Friday, is among the most active of 24 volcanoes in the Philippines.

Poor air quality can also "aggravate chronic conditions like asthma as well as increasing the risk of some chronic diseases", EEA reported.

Smog blankets Bangkok and 42 provinces in Thailand as PM2.5 particles had exceeded the safe level of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (ug/m3) on Friday.

Air quality has worsened across northern India and adjacent parts of Pakistan in recent years.

This Dutch creation, sucks up pollution like a vacuum cleaner for air, reducing smog and making cities more livable for inhabitants.