Photo by Mark Katzman. Air pollution in India resulted in 1.67 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 billion in ...

The study highlights a worrying trend: extreme heat and high air pollution significantly increase mortality risks in Indian cities, far more than either factor individually. By analyzing 3.6 million ...

In a written response in Rajya Sabha, minister of state Kirti Vardhan Singh said pollution is ... correlation of deaths, including by lung cancer, exclusively with air pollution, the Union ...

In July 2024, India's Minister of State for Health ... the country to establish a direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution." Air pollution is one of the triggering ...

Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday.

India's cities are already ranked among the world's most polluted, based on concentrations of fine particulate matter in the air ... millions of annual deaths from PM 2.5 pollution," said Sharma.

India's air quality lags behind WHO standards, with 41% of households using biomass fuels, leading to health issues. WHO's Dr ...

In India, much of the population breathes air that is 10 times more polluted than what the World Health Organization ...