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Air Pollution - Serious Threat

In the year 2015, all UN member nations adopted 17 goals named Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by the year 2030. As in many a case, on paper, these seem to be so impressive and initially all member states expressed a lot of enthusiasm and substantial progress was made. But the onslaught of COVID-19 disturbed the pace and as of now most of the nations are struggling with one issue only and that is how to feed the population and enable them towards self-sufficiency. Though this is an important goal out of the 17 others all must go hand in hand for sustainable outputs, though they may not progress on a parallel path. Before I focus on one particular SDG (though that may seem to be a little odd for someone who expects me to share my thoughts on education mainly) let me mention all the 17 goals in brief. 1.   No Poverty- End poverty in all its forms everywhere. 2. Zero Hunger - End hunger, achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture. 3. Good Health an