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An aerial view of residential buildings shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

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Primary schools will reopen in India's capital New Delhi this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said on Monday, after pollution levels improved to the …

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Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

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Employees work on an assembly line of Honda Motorcycles & Scootesr India at Vithalapur town in the western state of Gujarat, India, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave

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Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India plans to launch a flexi-fuel model of motorcycle in India by end-2024, the company's CEO said on Wednesday. "Our internal target is minimum, one model, the first…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris during their meeting in the Ceremonial Office at the White House on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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Investors must be wondering what promise New Delhi will break next as the ruling party tries to win upcoming state elections. First, the government made a U-turn on the three laws that Prime Minister…

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