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Monday, April 21, 2025
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Topic: Climate change

There’s a melting globe in Gurugram. It’s 5 ft tall, made of golf balls—and has a message

The art installation, displayed in Gurugram, is held together with a special wax that’ll melt at the local equivalent of 2℃ above pre-industrial levels.

How heat affects informal women workers—loss of income, skin infections, domestic violence

Emerging population data have linked elevated temperatures with declines in mental health and increased violence and self-harm.

World media has 2 warnings for India—climate-induced stress & ‘tax terrorism’ despite Modi’s reforms

Global media also reports on Indian govt’s plan for delimitation, which it calls as ‘deepening a dangerous north-south divide’.

Lethal heat can also kill millions of healthy people. Shade isn’t a solution

People living in low latitudes, including large parts of northern India, will face the most severe repercussions. Some areas are already nearing these dangerous conditions.

With India’s winters shrinking, Delhi & Mumbai already feeling the heat of an early summer

Delhi recorded its highest February temperature since 2023 Wednesday, while Mumbai & parts of the Konkan coast have been issued heatwave warnings.

Why are humans able to speak & learn complex languages? The answer could be locked in a gene variant

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

WEF has secured $1 billion for climate resilience in Africa. Why this is important

The platform aims to guide $5 billion in private investments over the next year, with a focus on developing commercial solutions for managing climate change in Africa.

Is carbon capture tech more viable than renewable energy? Stanford study has an answer

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

US Secy of State Marco Rubio says, won’t attend G20 in Johannesburg, ‘South Africa doing bad things’

Rubio cited concerns over SA's actions, including the expropriation of private property, says it is not in the US's interest to 'waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism'.

‘Reeks of double standards’—Economic Survey on EU’s new climate rules that will hit exports

2 regulations effective soon will impact roughly $9.5 billion, or 13% of India’s total exports to the 27-member bloc. ES says these are more ‘trade protection’ than climate concern.

On Camera

Why Nishikant Dubey won’t be worried about JP Nadda disowning his attack on CJI Khanna and SC

There is a long list of BJP leaders whom the party distanced itself from after controversial statements—only to reward them later. Nishikant Dubey has now joined this coveted list.

Trump tariffs led to a brokerage firm seeing 400% more investments in US stocks. What’s the rush about

A relatively newer player in Indian brokerage space, Gurugram-based INDmoney is the 11th largest firm in the country & the fastest growing, according to NSE.

CRPF to hold fresh trials for procurement of 200 sniper rifles after intervention by Delhi HC

SSS Defence, one of three bidders, challenged process in HC over competitors’ use of ammo different from tender requirement. Other bidders were Adani’s PLR and MEIL’s ICOMM.

Abki baar 75 paar—Modi isn’t going anywhere & the Opposition is all out of ideas

Are freebies the way forward for the Opposition? Anything they promise, Modi will improve on the offer. And since he has the power of the incumbent, his promise will be taken more seriously.