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India’s Bollywood boosts security as fears of criminal gangs rise

It sounds like a Bollywood thriller, but a spate of shootings and extortion threats targeting Mumbai’s stars has sent the industry scrambling for bodyguards, reviving memories of the underworld’s grip on cinema in the 1990s. From gunshots to cash demands, the incidents have unsettled the Indian industry, decades after police crackdowns weakened the criminal gangs once deeply embedded in the…

India’s Bollywood boosts security as fears of criminal gangs rise

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India: Delhi surpasses Lahore as world's most polluted city

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded to be higher than Lahore in Pakistan on Friday, which made it the most polluted city globally.

  • Delhi surpassed Lahore as world's most polluted city on November 14.
  • Delhi's AQI recorded 334 by IQAir, categorized as hazardous.
  • Lahore's AQI at 155, seventh most polluted globally, according to IQAir.

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