Deaths from India air pollution rival China: study

New Delhi

INDIA'S air now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published on Tuesday amid warnings that efforts to curb pollution from coal will not yield results any time soon.

India's notoriously poor air quality causes nearly 1.1 million premature deaths every year, almost on a par with China, concluded a joint report by two US-based health research institutes.

But whereas deaths linked to air pollution in China have steadied in recent yea…