New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Feels normal, right? Imagine if that breath carried invisible toxins, invisible yet powerful enough to weaken our body from inside? For millions of young people across the globe, this is not just a possibility; it's their everyday reality.

Shockingly, 93% of the world's youth is breathing in polluted air that far exceeds safe levels, according to World Health Organization (WHO) standards. In each breath, we unknowingly invite a cocktail of pollutants into our bodies and fuel conditions such as Asthma, Chronic Cough, and early-onset Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

But this crisis goes beyond being merely a medical danger. It is a ticking time bomb, posing generat...