LATEST TOP STORIES

India’s Parliament on Tuesday debated the toxic air threatening the lives of the capital region’s 48 million people, with opposition leaders demanding the creation of a parliamentary panel to remedy the situation on a long-term basis. In unprecedented discussions of the issue, the leader of the opposition Congress party, Manish Tewari, said the federal government has let the country’s top court take the initiative in deciding how to combat the problem. Air pollution in northern India peaks in the winter due to smoke from agricultural fires.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35pjiFj