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Thursday, January 22, 2026
TopicHeat wave

Topic: heat wave

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.

India just saw 2nd hottest June-August period since 1970, 426 million exposed to week of risky heat

Extended periods of dangerously high temperatures, exceeding 39°C, were recorded in Delhi & Kanpur, according to Climate Central. Climate change behind this extreme phenomenon.

Cooling Japan—how innovative materials are tackling heatwaves

With an annual average of 1,253 heatstroke-related deaths from 2020 to 2022, Japan is using public-private cooperation to develop parasols, greenhouse nets, and protective sheets.

India’s solar plans to curb China imports & how NEET ‘scandal’ is ‘killing hopes of students’

Global media also reports on innovations to support outdoor workers facing extreme heat & Foxconn keeping out married women from its workforce in Tamil Nadu.

Our take on NTA exams, heatwave deaths and Priyanka Gandhi in Parliament—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

SubscriberWrites: Elections and the ‘heatbrave’

33 poll workers in UP succumbed to heat-related conditions and heat strokes emerged. This unfortunate piece of news was reported during the final days of the elections.

Sari is no kimono, it keeps reinventing itself. This time for Paris Olympics

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Urbanisation behind 60% of warming trend in Indian cities, tier-2 towns in the east worst-affected

Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.

Mr CM, did it hurt when you fell from heaven? And when the umpire throws a googly

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Has Modi wave peaked? And jury still out on BJP’s Pasmanda outreach — global media reports

Spotlight also on heatwaves making transition to cleaner economy tougher, declining press freedom rankings & Bangladesh's balancing act between India and China.

On Camera

We are wrong to cancel AR Rahman who contributed so much to Bollywood patriotism

For over three decades, AR Rahman has been a cultural ambassador of Indian pluralism. And yet, in today’s climate, that legacy seems disturbingly fragile.

RBI to focus on pace of Rupee’s drop, strategists say

The RBI has spent $45 billion since October to defend the currency, according to estimates by Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.