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India Counts 5 Deaths/Min Due To Fossil Fuel Burning; Highest In World

India's share in global premature deaths due to emissions from burning fossil fuels is highest, revealed an environmental study conducted by leading universities including Harvard. Alarmingly, of over 8.7 million global deaths in 2018 due to fossil fuel burning, India solely accounted for 2.46 million deaths, making it about ‘five deaths every minute'. Moreover, India has also surpassed China as researchers found that Beijing government stripped its PM2.5 emissions by 43.7% in recent years.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 - 09:30 AM / by Richa Nigam

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