“India’s toxic air has claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017, or 12.5 percent of total deaths recorded in the year, says a study.The study, published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health on Thursday, said more than 51 percent of the people who died because of air pollution were younger than 70.”– Aljazeera
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(A schoolboy wearing a protective mask in Ghaziabad on the outskirts of New Delhi [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters])