New Delhi recorded over 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, according to government data, underscoring the harmful impact of toxic air on public health.

Erin Patterson, 50, has been sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for at least 33 years, for the murder of three relatives and an attempted murder of another through a toxic mushroom-laced meal.