NEW DELHI: Elementary schools in New Delhi will shut to protect children from the toxic smog choking the megacity of 20 million people, authorities said on Friday.

Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter to blanket India's capital in a deadly grey haze.

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