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7 Jun 2020 | Water and air

India can use the coronavirus crisis to frame a cleaner air pollution policy

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After India shut down in response to Covid-19, people started posting stunning photos of the Himalayas, visible from 200 km away in Punjab for the first time in decades. Photos flooded Twitter, the Indian and global media. Read more

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