India's Supreme Court ordered 212 factories to close immediately because their pollutants were dimming the lustre of the Taj Mahal, AP reports from New Delhi. The court said the offending industries failed to respond to notices demanding that they install pollution control devices. The factories' closure will hit thousands of workers.
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