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By Neha Dasgupta and Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Authorities handed out free face masks to New Delhi residents on Thursday as filthy air polluted by rural crop fires and urban traffic and factories reached dangerous new levels in the Indian capital. Government data showed the air quality index over the last two days crossed 400, indicating severe conditions that put people with healthy lungs as well as those with respiratory illnesses at risk. With the skies over Delhi clouded with smog, many also cast worried eyes on the fate of India-Bangladesh Twenty20 cricket match scheduled for Sunday. "I do not think any match should happen here in Delhi until the pollution level comes under control," said Gautam Gambhir, a former Indian test cricketer and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's lawmaker in Delhi. Pollution has worsened over the last week due to the burning of crop residue in neighbouring states that have sent over clouds of hazardous smoke, cloaking the city in a dusty, toxic transluscence. Authorities have had little success in curbing the fires. On Wednesday, satellites captured more than 2,400 farm fires across Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that together contributed 35% of overall air pollution in Delhi, the highest this season, according to government-run monitor SAFAR. The smoke from the fields combines with urban pollution from vehicles and industry to make New Delhi the world's most-polluted capital. SMOG STOPS PLAY? Bangladeshi cricketers spent more than two hours at the nets under the smoggy skies on Thursday. Liton Das, the only one wearing a mask, shrugged off concerns over air quality. "No, no, nothing like that," he said. Asked if the players had trouble spotting the white ball in the haze, he said, "Well, there will be light in a night game, so it should not be a problem." As the Bangladeshi players and coaches practiced, the air quality index around the stadium was above 400. The index measures the levels of PM 2.5, tiny particulate matter that goes deep into the lungs. Anything above 60 is considered unhealthy. Rohit Sharma, who will lead the India team, said he had not yet assessed the situation. "I know the game is scheduled to be played on the third, and it will be played on the third," Sharma told reporters. Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will restrict the use of private vehicles on the city's roads from next week and authorities have shut down construction activity and coal-based power plants. Deadly air pollution can cut life expectancy by up to seven years in northern India, according to a study by Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. (Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; Additional Reporting by Adnan Abidi in New Delhi and [https://footballandcricketonline.hpage.com/gautam-gambhir-and-his-wife.html https://footballandcricketonline.hpage.com/gautam-gambhir-and-his-wife.html] Ruma Paul in Dhaka, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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2020-06-26T23:58:10Z

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Fifty-nine seats were up for grabs across India on Sunday on the sixth voting day in the country's marathon elections Tens of millions voted Sunday in the penultimate round of India's increasingly bad-tempered election, with all eyes on the coveted capital New Delhi after an ugly campaign of slaps and savage pamphlets. India's almost-seven week election, the biggest on Earth with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a new term from the 900 million voters, wraps up next Sunday with results due on May 23. Notoriously unreliable opinion polls put Modi, 68, as favourite but likely with a reduced majority, with the vote seen as a referendum on the Hindu nationalist's five years in power in the world's biggest democracy. Modi has sought to deflect opposition attacks on his economic record by striking a fiercely patriotic tone following February's bust-up with Pakistan, portraying himself as India's "chowkidar" or "watchman". He has also sought to turn the tables on corruption allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi of the opposition Congress party with claims Rahul's assassinated father Rajiv used a Navy ship for a family holiday in 1988. "Narendra Modi used hate and we used love and I think love is about to win (this election). We will respect whatever people decide," Gandhi, 48, told reporters as he voted in Delhi on Sunday. - Common man - Fifty-nine seats were up for [https://footballandcricketonline.hpage.com/gautam-gambhir-and-his-wife.html footballandcricketonline.hpage.com] grabs across the country of 1.3 billion people on Sunday on the sixth voting day, with just over 100 million Indians eligible to cast ballots. Opinion polls put Prime Minister Narendra Modi as favourite to win but likely with a reduced majority The tussle for Delhi is front and centre, with all eyes on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- or Common Man party -- was formed seven years ago on an anti-corruption platform. It has since taken control of Delhi's regional government and is fighting to add to its four seats in India's lower house of parliament. "More schools need to be built," said Delhi voter Purvek Shah. "And my other big concern is air pollution in Delhi. We see that Delhi has one of the worst pollution levels." Kejriwal, a tax commissioner turned campaigner, has suffered more than most in India's notoriously rough-and-tumble political bullring. Since 2013 and his first term as Delhi chief minister, the 50-year-old has been the target of at least seven attacks, including when his car was set upon by a mob with iron rods. Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has suffered more than most in India's notoriously rough and tumble political bullring In November his face was smeared with chilli powder inside the Delhi government building. Last week a man climbed onto the open top car Kejriwal was campaigning in and slapped him. AAP candidate Atishi Marlena broke down in tears last week after a vicious anonymous pamphlet accused her of being a prostitute and of having sex with a fellow teacher. Both Atishi and Kejriwal accused Gautam Gambhir, a former international cricketer and candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of being behind the pamphlet. He vociferously denied it. "People of Delhi have been fooled by a bunch of no-gooders who promised a new kind of politics. But they have become synonymous with anarchy and obstructionism," Modi told a Delhi rally on Wednesday. - Bengal battleground - Voting also took place on Sunday in the eastern state of West Bengal, another key battleground where chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress party are seeking to stop Modi. The state -- home to some 90 million people -- has long been a hotbed of political violence, and authorities on Sunday drafted in tens of thousands of extra security forces. At least one of the state's constituencies is in an area prone to attacks by Maoist rebels, who on May 1 killed 15 Indian elite commandos and their driver in the western state of Maharashtra. "We are scared to cast our votes because of violence," Sabita Mondal, a voter of Ghatal constituency, told AFP by telephone, "Many voters preferred to stay indoor fearing troubles." All parties have devoted major resources to social media in these elections, including through fake news, experts say On Sunday police with batons charged, after locals pelted vehicles carrying BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh and her security staff with stones, authorities said. "I was pushed and assaulted by some women supporters of the Trinamool Congress when I went to polling booth in my constituency," Ghosh said. The internet has also been a key arena in the election, with all parties, particularly the BJP, devoting major resources to social media -- including through fake news, experts say. Police in recent days detained a BJP activist after she posted a meme superimposing Banerjee's head on a picture of Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra at the Met Gala in New York.

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