[video] New Zealand's migrant workers leader supports #FarmersProtest in India
(watch from 2:15 for English, before 2:15 is in Punjabi language)
Asia Pacific Solidarity Forum in support of farmers' movement in India
[register on Zoom] Join us on Friday, 8th January 2021 from 7pm to 8:30pm India time (click here for your local time), in Asia Pacific Solidarity Forum in support of farmers' movement in India (as part of ongoing 'Satyagraha' series of daily online discussions on farmers' struggles).
Government needs to hold big polluters liable for air pollution, preventable diseases, and untimely deaths
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| published in The Indian Express, 1 January 2020 |
16.7 lakh people died in India in 2019 because of air pollution accounting for 17·8% of the total deaths in the country (source: The Lancet Planetary Health). Air pollution was the 4th leading risk factor for premature death globally, accounting for nearly 12% of all deaths, with more than 6.67 million in 2019 alone, shows the State of Global Air Report 2020. Each of these deaths could have been averted – and every disease caused by air pollution could have been prevented.
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