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Government readies plan to clean Delhi’s air, but won’t focus on vehicles

The government is devising a plan to combat smog in New Delhi, the world’s most polluted city, two senior officials said, but it is stopping short of targeting the powerful transport industry. Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor sources of pollution, including burning of garbage […]

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Beijing on pollution red alert, but smog not as severe as forecast

China’s capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert. China had warned residents across a large part of its north on Friday to prepare for a wave of

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