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New Delhi, Nov 10 (EFE).- A special court for environment related cases on Monday banned the sale of firecrackers in India's most polluted cities, to contain the surge in air pollution witnessed every year during the Hindu festival of Diwali especially amid the risk posed by the Covid-19 crisis. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Mumbai (India), July 21 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Divyakant Solanki) India, a country with some of the most densely populated cities worldwide, has been focusing on its major metropolitan regions to try and flatten the Covid-19 infection curve, which continues to rise with more than 1.15 million cases of the disease registered already.The western state of Maharashtra, which has the country's biggest financial hub Mumbai as its capital, had registered 318,696 coronavirus cases by Tuesday, having overtaken the total number of infections in countries like Spain (264,836) and the United Kingdom (296,644).FOOTAGE OF TESTING IN MUMBAI.
A thick veil of smog has fallen on New Delhi, leading to a health emergency and warnings from authorities for citizens to stay indoors in order to avoid the dangerous haze. Indian farmers usually burn their crop stubble around the beginning of November, which is believed to be the leading cause of the thick smog. The Indian Medical Association has declared a health emergency and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that the city has become a "gas chamber"
As polls open in India's marathon six-week election, people prepare to cast their votes at a polling station in Dantewada, central India. Voting will be staggered over seven stages between April 19 and June 1, with more than a million polling stations across India. IMAGES
Leaders of "INDIA" opposition alliance and thousands of supporters rally at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan to protest the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, one of the key leaders of the opposition bloc. Kejriwal has been incarcerated for over a week in connection with a long-running corruption probe. India's main financial investigation agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also launched probes into at least four other state chief ministers or their family members, and all the investigations involve political opponents of Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). IMAGES
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