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Over 500 million people in India exposed to sand and dust storms

Storms worsen air quality and degrade vast farmland areas, as per a new UN study that analyses the impact of sand and dust storms on health, clean energy, transport, glaciers, cities and agriculture in Asia and the Pacific.

Posted on 08 Oct, 2021 02:25 PM

According to a new UN report, more than 500 million people in India are exposed to medium and high levels of poor air quality due to sand and dust storms.

Storms worsen air quality and degrade vast farmland areas, disrupt commercial flight services, lower the efficiency of solar power generation, and accelerate the melting of glaciers. (Image: ESCAP)

Asia water watch 2015 - progress made by asian nations in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals

The report by the Asia Development Bank aims at assessing the progress made by asian nations, in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

and World Health Organization (WHO)

Posted on 29 May, 2009 10:46 AM

This report by the Asia Development Bank aims at assessing the progress made by asian nations, in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals, which is "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people with

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