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Air pollution kills 1.2 mn Indians in a year, third biggest cause of death

The study titled 'State of Global Air 2019' reported that the life on average of a South Asian child growing up in current high levels of air pollution will be shortened by two years and six months

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People on the Rajpath Road | Photo: Dalip Kumar

Exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution contributed to over 1.2 million deaths in India in 2017, a new global study said on Wednesday. The study titled "State of Global Air 2019" reported that th
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First Published: Apr 03 2019 | 11:16 AM IST

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