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NEW DELHI: Around 93% of India’s population is living in areas where levels of hazardous particulate matter PM2.5 are worse than the World Health Organisation’s least stringent norms and air pollution reduces life expectancy in the country by 1.5 years (more than cancer), according to reports of US-based Health Effects Institute (HEI) released on Thursday.…Continue Reading

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COVID-19 has highlighted housing shortages in some northern First Nations in Manitoba just as the federal government announced funding for proposed solutions to the issue.Pimicikamak Cree Nation received funding for temporary isolation units earlier this year to help deal with the pandemic. The chief, David Monias, said that housing is one of the band’s highest…Continue Reading