The international team included researchers from Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University and the Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi. They found that an increase of 10 micrograms per cubic metre in the average of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution measured over two days was related to 1.4 per cent higher daily mortality.

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Expressing concern over “unchecked air pollution”, the Congress alleged on Thursday that the Narendra Modi government has launched an “all-out war” on India’s environmental protection norms and prioritised the “profits of the PM’s friends” over the health of people.

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