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Delhi School Shutdown Expanded as Toxic Haze Blankets Indian Capital

HeadlineNov 19, 2021

Indian authorities have extended a shutdown on schools as the toxic air pollution smothering the capital Delhi worsens. All schools and colleges are now indefinitely closed, and over half the city’s 11 coal-based power plants have been ordered to stop operations.

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