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Air pollution claimed approximately 54,000 lives in Delhi in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of cost to the economy due to air pollution. Six Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Lucknow — feature in the global analysis. Globally, approximately 1,60,000 deaths have been attributed to PM 2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities — Delhi, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. The damage is “equally worrying” in other Indian cities, said the report, released on Thursday. “An estimated 25,000 avoidable deaths in Mumbai in 2020 have been attributed to air pollution. Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad estimated an approximate 12,000, 11,000, and 11,000 avoidable deaths respectively due to polluted air,” it said. According to the report, the ‘Cost Estimator’, an online tool that estimates the real-time health impact and economic cost from fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution in major world cities, was deployed in … [Read more...] about ‘54,000 lives lost in Delhi due to air pollution’

Brian and Rosemary Sollis are sick and tired of the dust that infiltrates their home settling on furniture and floors. But mostly they are sick. The soft rasp in Rosemary's voice, a sign of the asthma that now plagues her during summer. The struggle to breathe as dust from hundreds of cars heading daily to the historic Wilson cement work ruins and swimming hole on the Mahurangi River, saw them pack up and leave for a month, Brian said. READ MORE: Northland residents seek end to dangerous road dust problems Couple 'fed up' as decades-long battle to bust the dust drags on Southland farmers upset by dust suppression regulations When the historic Wilson home came on the market nearly four years ago, Brian leapt at the chance to own the house he'd often admired back in the 1970s. Then a derelict with no roof, the house was restored in 1980, and has been a delight to them. But, after nearly four years, the dust from the road has driven them to despair and now sees … [Read more...] about Unsealed roads cause health issues in rural Rodney

There are few things more vital to a student than having a good laptop, but buying a new computer is no small expense. Thankfully, there are always Windows laptop deals , Chromebook deals and MacBook deals floating around if you know where to look, and to help you save some time and money, we’ve already combed through them all to bring you the six best picks available this month. Better still, these student laptop deals don’t even require you to have an .edu email address, so if it’s time for a new laptop for work and study, read on: Today’s best student laptop deals Asus L210 11-Inch Laptop — $190 Evoo Ultra Thin Laptop — $299, was $499 Asus VivoBook 14 — $399, was $499 HP Pavilion x360 15 2-in-1 Laptop — $530, was $680 Asus TUF GTX 1650 Ti Gaming Laptop — $700, was $800 Apple MacBook Air (2020) — $899, was $999 Asus L210 11-Inch Laptop — $190 On the slimmest of budgets but need a new laptop? It doesn’t get much more economical than … [Read more...] about Best cheap student laptop deals for February 2021

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has a fresh spring in his step after the Republicans defied the odds and professional political prognosticators by picking up 15 seats in the 2020 congressional elections. McCarthy, who has his eyes on the majority in November 2022, approached the 2020 congressional elections differently than Republicans in recent history have traditionally targeted congressional electoral efforts, and his moves paid off—and not only infuriated but befuddled the beltway pundit class. For the first time since 1994, in 2020 no GOP incumbent running for reelection lost. Meanwhile, McCarthy blew away fundraising records previously set by former House Speaker Paul Ryan—astonishing since he did it from the minority. Usually, House political leaders do better raising money from the majority. That’s not to mention the most significant development which is a freshman class entering Congress in 2021 that represents perhaps the most diverse in party history with the most … [Read more...] about Exclusive: After 2020 Gains, Kevin McCarthy Eyes House GOP Majority, Speaker’s Gavel in Midterms