Japanese car major, Honda is mulling discontinuing its diesel cars in India, per a report by Times of India. The company is reportedly attempting to focus its attention on clean and sustainable mobility.

Honda might discontinue its diesel cars in India as new emission norms come in place

Toxic air killed in India last year led to 1.7 million deaths accounting for 18 per cent of all fatalities, according to a study published in The Lancet. The findings of the study by Lancet Planetary Health highlighted that “lost output from deaths and diseases due to air pollution in 2019 led to a loss of 1.

Air pollution in India led to 1.7 million deaths in 2019: Study

The study, published in the The Lancet Planetary Health, has been funded by the UN Environment Programme, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

India: Air pollution killed 1.6 million people in 2019, led to 1.4% of GDP loss

The Center for Energy and Clean Air Research and the Greenpeace Branch in Southeast Asia recently published research according to which, the global cost of fossil-fueled air pollution is $ 8 billion a day, or roughly 3.

Air pollution costs India $150 billion a year: Report

In 40 years, humans have wiped out 60% of the world's animal population: WWF Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned Tuesday.

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