World panel on climate change said this year that if emissions aren't reduced, wet bulb temperatures would creep closer to 35°C, considered limit of human survivability.
Experts have warned India will face more frequent and intense heat waves in the coming decades, and if global warming doesn’t slow down, they’ll only get worse.
This year's March maximum as yet slightly lower than for last year — 40.9 degrees Celsius — recorded on 28 March 2021. City's highest-ever March maximum recorded in 1956.
Two-part series published in Lancet looks at how rising global temperatures will affect the human body, and elaborates on heat-reducing strategies that can be implemented.
Heat, drought and wildfires tied to climate change have authorities on edge as they try to keep the power on and avoid more heat-related deaths that claim about 650 US lives annually.
Study by Ministry of Earth Sciences and the India Meteorological Department also notes despite a rise in extreme weather events, there was a decrease in mortality rate by 44.6%.
The temperature will have to be verified by World Meteorological Organization and, if proven correct, it will stand as the highest ever reliably recorded reading in the world.
Perhaps the present crisis and trauma can force our country into something resembling that special moment we found in the sixties. Perhaps we can radically alter our business environment.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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