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pollution in india

Air pollution cuts short lifespan by 3.9 years in India

Shocking fact: In UP, toxic air cuts short life expectancy by 8.5 years

03 Mar 2020 1:29 PM

Indians lose over 1.5 years of their lives to air pollution, says study

In a first, data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied together in order to find out how they affect overall life expectancy.

23 Aug 2018 1:52 PM

Kanpur looks for ways to tackle air pollution, lose 'most polluted city' tag

Only a handful of India's 100 most polluted cities have action plans to combat pollution, despite being asked by the govt to do so in 2015.

16 May 2018 3:07 PM

Pollution killed 2.5 million people in India, highest in the world: Report

Globally the number of deaths due to pollution stood at 9 million - three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

20 Oct 2017 8:52 AM

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