India to make every single car electrical by two thousand thirty in bid to tackle pollution that kills millions, The Independent

India to make every single car electrified by two thousand thirty in bid to tackle pollution that kills millions

Technology will be introduced ‘in a very big way’, says minister

Harriet Agerholm
@HarrietAgerholm
Monday one May two thousand seventeen 11:15 BST

The Independent Online

Delhi is India’s most polluted city, according to Greenpeace, with concentrations of particulate matter thirteen times the limit set by the World Health Organisation Reuters

Every car sold in India will be powered by tens unit by the year 2030, according to plans unveiled by the country’s energy minister.

The budge is intended to lower the cost of importing fuel and lower costs for running vehicles.

“We are going to introduce electrified vehicles in a very big way,” coal and mines minister Piyush Goyal said at the Confederation of Indian Industry Annual Session two thousand seventeen in Fresh Delhi.

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Comparing the drive to a two thousand fifteen initiative in the country to reduce energy bills by promoting LED lightbulbs, he told reporters: “We are going to make electrical vehicles self-sufficient. The idea is that by 2030, not a single petrol or diesel car should be sold in the country.”

Mr Goyal said the electrical car industry would need inbetween two and three years of government assistance, but added that he expected the production of the vehicles to be “driven by request and not subsidy” after that.

“The cost of electrical vehicles will embark to pay for itself for consumers,” he said according to the International Business Times. “We would love to see the electrical vehicle industry run on its own,” he added.

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An investigation by Greenpeace this year found that as many as Two.Trio million deaths occur every year due to air pollution in the country. The report, entitled ‘Airpocalypse’, claimed air pollution had become a “public health and economic crisis” for Indians.

It said the number of deaths caused by air pollution was only “a fraction less” than the number of deaths from tobacco use, adding that three per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was lost to the levels of toxic smog.

“India’s pollution trends have been steadily enlargening, with India overtaking China in number of deaths due to outdoor air pollution in 2015,” the report said, telling a “sturdy monitoring system” was urgently needed.

Delhi was India’s most polluted city, the report found, with concentrations of particulate matter thirteen times the annual limit set by the World Health Organisation.

Mr Goyal said the electrical car scheme would very first target “larger consumer centres, where pollution is at an all-time high”, such as Delhi.

India to make every single car electrified by two thousand thirty in bid to tackle pollution that kills millions, The Independent

India to make every single car electrified by two thousand thirty in bid to tackle pollution that kills millions

Technology will be introduced ‘in a very big way’, says minister

Harriet Agerholm
@HarrietAgerholm
Monday one May two thousand seventeen 11:15 BST

The Independent Online

Delhi is India’s most polluted city, according to Greenpeace, with concentrations of particulate matter thirteen times the limit set by the World Health Organisation Reuters

Every car sold in India will be powered by electro-therapy by the year 2030, according to plans unveiled by the country’s energy minister.

The stir is intended to lower the cost of importing fuel and lower costs for running vehicles.

“We are going to introduce electrical vehicles in a very big way,” coal and mines minister Piyush Goyal said at the Confederation of Indian Industry Annual Session two thousand seventeen in Fresh Delhi.

Ford to launch plug-in electrical car in China to combat smog

Mr Goyal said the electrified car industry would need inbetween two and three years of government assistance, but added that he expected the production of the vehicles to be “driven by request and not subsidy” after that.

“The cost of electrical vehicles will embark to pay for itself for consumers,” he said according to the International Business Times. “We would love to see the electrified vehicle industry run on its own,” he added.

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A masked witness points to the police officers suspected of killing 17-year-old Kian delos Santos as she testifies during a senate hearing in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines

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This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) looking at a metal casing with two bulges at an undisclosed location. North Korea has developed a hydrogen bomb which can be loaded into the country’s fresh intercontinental ballistic missile, the official Korean Central News Agency claimed on three September. Questions remain over whether nuclear-armed Pyongyang has successfully miniaturised its weapons, and whether it has a working H-bomb, but KCNA said that leader Kim Jong-Un had examined such a device at the Nuclear Weapons Institute.

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A lady looks on as muslims suggest prayers during the Eid al-Adha festival in Agartala

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A cyclist looks at a truck flipped into floodwater in Port Arthur, Texas

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People attend prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia

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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets (front) and South Korean air Force’s F-15K fly over South Korea during a joint military drill

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Pope Francis is greeted by pilgrims as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican

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Retiring paramilitary policemen prepare for a group photo before retirement in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China

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The sun sets on the playa as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Searing Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada

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A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tells a Rohingya lady not to come on Bangladesh side. Thousands of people have fled their homes following two days of violence in a deepening crisis in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar. Members of the Muslim Rohingya minority escaped to the border with Bangladesh but Bangladeshi border guards are turning them back.

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100 newlyweds wearing Han Dynasty style garments attend a group wedding in Pingdingshan, Henan province of China.

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Protesters block rail tracks during a demonstration of “Ende Gelaende” activists against the open cast Garzweiler brown coal mining near Vanikum, Germany.

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Italian Police use a water cannon as they clash with refugee squatters who had occupied a petite square in central Rome

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Thailand’s Patsapong Amsam-ang competes in the studs’s pole-vault athletics final of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at the Bukit Jalil national stadium in Kuala Lumpur

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A child reacts after a big wave on a waterfront as Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong

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Soldiers march during a switching of the Guard at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two memorial sophisticated and Mother Homeland statue (back) in Volgograd, Russia

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A protester covers her eyes with a China flag to imply Queen of Justice during the rally supporting youthful activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow in central in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were jailed last week after being convicted of unlawful assembly.

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An extreme cycling enthusiast performs a stunt with a bicycle before falling into the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. This activity, which requires participants to rail their bikes and hop into the lake, attracts many extreme cycling enthusiasts from the city.

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White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with counter-protesters as they inject Lee Park during the “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park

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A firefighter extinguishes flames as a fire engulfs an informal settlers area beside a sea in Manila

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A rally in support of North Korea’s stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang.

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Rocks from the collapsed wall of a hotel building cover a car after an earthquake outside Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan province

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People in Seoul, South Korea walk by a local news program with an pic of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday nine August. North Korea and the United States traded escalating threats, with Mr Trump menacing Pyongyang “with fire and fury like the world has never seen”

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Pro-government supporters march in Caracas, Venezuela on seven August

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Children beg after releasing paper lanterns on the Motoyasu sea facing the Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), accompanied by defence minister Sergei Shoigu, gestures as he fishes in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia.

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A family claiming to be from Haiti haul their luggage over the US-Canada border into Canada from Champlain, Fresh York, U.S. August Three, 2017.

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A disabled man prepares to cast his vote at a polling station in Kigali, Rwanda, August Four, 2017

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A general view shows a flooded area in Sakon Nakhon province, Thailand August Four, 2017.

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A plane landed in Sao Joao Beach, killing two people, in Costa da Caparica, Portugal August Two, 2017

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Flames pour out as clashes break out while the Constituent Assembly election is being carried out in Caracas, Venezuela, July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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People in the village of Gabarpora carry the remains of Akeel Ahmad Bhat, a civilian who according to local media died following clashes after two militants were killed in an encounter with Indian security compels in Hakripora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, August Two, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

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Cyclists at the embark of the very first stage of the Tour de Pologne cycling race, over 130km from Krakow’s Main Market Square, Poland

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Israeli border guards keep witness as Palestinian Muslim worshippers beg outside Jerusalem’s old city overlooking the Al-Aqsa mosque compound

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A supporter of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif passes out after the Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Sharif in Lahore

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Australian police officers participate in a training script called an ‘Armed Offender/Emergency Exercise’ held at an international passenger terminal located on Sydney Harbour

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North Korean soldiers witness the south side as the United Nations Directive officials visit after a commemorative ceremony for the 64th anniversary of the Korean armistice at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas

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Bangladeshi commuters use a rickshaw to cross a flooded street amid intense rainfall in Dhaka. Bangladesh is experiencing downpours following a depression forming in the Bay of Bengal.

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A protester shouts at U.S. President Donald Trump as he is liquidated from his rally with supporters in an arena in Youngstown, Ohio

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Demonstrators clash with riot security compels while rallying against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela. The banner on the bridge reads “It will be worth it”

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The Heathcote sea as it rises to high levels in Christchurch, Fresh Zealand. Mighty rain across the South Island in the last twenty four hours has caused widespread harm and flooding with Dunedin, Waitaki, Timaru and the broader Otago region announcing a state of emergency.

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A mourner begs at a memorial during an event to commemorate the very first anniversary of the shooting spree that one year ago left ten people dead, including the shooter in Munich, Germany. One year ago 18-year-old student David S. shot nine people dead and injured four others at and near a McDonalds restaurant and the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping center. After a city-wide manhunt that caused mass scare and injuries David S. shot himself in a park. According to police David S., who had dual German and Iranian citizenship, had a history of mental troubles.

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Palestinians react following rip gas that was shot by Israeli compels after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem’s Old City

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Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra welcomes supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand

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A firefighter stands near a grass fire as he prepares to defend a home from the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, California

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Michael Lindell ,CEO of My Cushion reacts as U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Made in America roundtable meeting in the East Room of the White House

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Giant pandas lie beside ice blocks at Yangjiaping Zoo in Chongqing, China. Yangjiaping Zoo provided fat ice blocks for giant pandas to help them liquidate summer fever

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People rail camels in the desert in Dunhuang, China, as stage ten of The Silkway Rally proceeds

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17th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Team North Korea practice under coach supervision

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IAAF World ParaAthletics Championships – London, Britain – July 17, 2017

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Workers check power lines during maintenance work in Laian, in China’s eastern Anhui province

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Russia Kamaz’s driver Dmitry Sotnikov, co-drivers Ruslan Akhmadeev and Ilnur Mustafin contest during the Stage nine of the Silk Way two thousand seventeen inbetween Urumqi and Hami, China

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talks with Special Operations Guideline soldiers during a visit to the Australian Army’s Holsworthy Barracks in western Sydney

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Fellows in traditional sailor costumes feast after carrying a statue of the El Carmen Cherry, who is adored as the patron saint of sailors, into the Mediterranean Sea during a procession in Torremolinos, near Malaga, Spain

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French President Emmanuel Macron gestures next to US President Donald Trump during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.

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Philippine National Police chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa holds an M60 machine gun during a Gun and Ammunition display at a mall in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila, Philippines

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker embrace before the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev, Ukraine

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US President Donald Trump (R) and Very first Lady Melania Trump disembark form Air Force One upon arrival at Paris Orly airport on July 13, 2017, beginning a 24-hour tour that coincides with France’s national day and the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War I

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Iraqis walk on a bruised street in west Mosul a few days after the government’s announcement of the liberation of the embattled city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters

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Iraqi boys wash a vehicle in west Mosul a few days after the government’s announcement of the liberation of the embattled city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters

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Police from the anti-terror squad participate in an anti-terror spectacle among Acehnese dancers during a ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Indonesian police corps in Banda Aceh

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Residents stand amid the debris of their homes which were ripped down in the evicted area of the Bukit Duri neighbourhood located on the Ciliwung sea banks in Jakarta

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Boys play cricket at a parking lot as it rains in Chandigarh, India

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Istanbul

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Fresh Mongolia’s president Khaltmaa Battulga takes an oath during his inauguration ceremony in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Iraqi women, who fled the fighting inbetween government coerces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the Old City of Mosul, sob as they stand in the city’s western industrial district awaiting to be relocated

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US President Donald Trump arrives for another working session during the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany

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People climb up on a roof to get a view during riots in Hamburg, northern Germany, where leaders of the world’s top economies gather for a G20 summit

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Anti-capitalism activists protest in Hamburg, where leaders of the world’s top economies will gather for a G20 summit.

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A military helicopter rescues people trapped on the roof of the Ministry of Finance by an intense fire in San Salvador

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Donald Trump arrives to produce a speech at Krasinski Square in Warsaw, Poland.

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A firefighter conducts rescue operations in an area bruised by intense rain in Asakura, Japan.

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Crowds gather for the embark of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.

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A member of the Iraqi security compels runs with his weapon during a fight inbetween Iraqi coerces and Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq.

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A U.S. MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile is fired during the combined military exercise inbetween the U.S. and South Korea against North Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea

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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un looks on during the test-fire of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasong-14

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) jiggles arms with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony following the talks at the Kremlin

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Belarussian servicemen march during a military parade as part of celebrations marking the Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus

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Ambulance cars and fire engines are seen near the site where a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway near Muenchberg, Germany

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Investigators work at the scene of a car bomb explosion which killed Maxim Shapoval, a high-ranking official involved in military intelligence, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017

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Protesters carry a large pic of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as they march during the annual pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. Thousands joined an annual protest march in Hong Kong, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping packaged up his visit to the city by warning against challenges to Beijing’s sovereignty.

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Jockey Andrea Coghe of “Selva” (Forest) parish rails his pony during the very first practice for the Palio Pony Race in Siena, Italy June 30, 2017

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A man takes pictures with a phone with a Union Flag casing after Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) investigated troops at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison as part of events marking the 20th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, China June 30, 2017

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A protester against U.S. President Donald Trump’s limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, holds a sign next to protesters supporting the ban, in Fresh York City, U.S., June 29, 2017

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Israeli Air Force Efroni T-6 Texan II planes perform at an air showcase during the graduation of fresh cadet pilots at Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva

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A woman gestures next to people squirting insecticide on a vehicle during a mosquito-control operation led by Ivory Coast’s National Public and Health Institute in Bingerville, near Abidjan where several cases of dengue fever were reported

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People attend Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a play ground in the suburb of Sale, Morocco

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Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide that occurred in Xinmo Village, Mao County, Sichuan province, China

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Student activists shout anti martial law slogans during a protest in Manila on June 23, 2017

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A diver performs from the Pont Alexandre III bridge into the Sea Seine in Paris, France, June 23, two thousand seventeen as Paris converts into a giant Olympic park to feast International Olympic Days with a diversity of sporting events for the public across the city during two days as the city bids to host the two thousand twenty four Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Debris and smoke are seen after an OV-10 Bronco aircraft released a bomb, during an airstrike, as government troops proceed their brunt against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi city, Philippines June 23, 2017

An investigation by Greenpeace this year found that as many as Two.Three million deaths occur every year due to air pollution in the country. The report, entitled ‘Airpocalypse’, claimed air pollution had become a “public health and economic crisis” for Indians.

Delhi was India’s most polluted city, the report found, with concentrations of particulate matter thirteen times the annual limit set by the World Health Organisation.

Mr Goyal said the electrical car scheme would very first target “larger consumer centres, where pollution is at an all-time high”, such as Delhi.