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More than 116,000 babies in India died within a month after birth due to exposure to severe air pollution in 2019, according to the State of Global Air 2020 report. The US-based Health Effects Institute and Global Burden of Disease The US released the first such report on Wednesday looking …

India posted the world’s average annual exposure to the highest PM 2.5 concentration last year, according to the State of Global Air 2020 (SOGA 2020) report released on Wednesday. India was followed by Nepal, Niger, Qatar and Nigeria with high exposures to PM 2.5. This means that people in India …