Former Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain , who now serves as India CEO of Abu Dhabi–based tech group G42, has shared a worrying account of his short visit to Delhi—one that left him struggling with the city’s deteriorating air quality.

In a post on X, Jain shared a photo of himself inside a flight wearing a mask and described how the capital’s pollution affected him within hours. “Was in Delhi for a day for some important meetings, and realised how out of practice I am with the air pollution here,” he wrote.

Jain said he began experiencing symptoms almost immediately. “Within a few hours my eyes were watering, throat was burning, I kept coughing and even had a mild headache,” he said, adding that he had forgotten his N95 mask, which worsened the impact.

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