India’s courts take the fun out of a Hindu holiday
Sales of firecrackers have been banned in Delhi in the name of public health
THERE is a buzz in the air of India’s capital, and not just because Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is barely a week away. Along with a shopping rush and a welcome dip in temperature, the season augurs a surge in levels of PM2.5, tiny particles of dust that lodge deep in the lungs and cause such diseases as asthma, pulmonary fibrosis and cancer.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Smoke and errors”
Asia October 14th 2017
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