Report studied 24 cities with focus on Chennai, New Delhi, among others. Timely adaptation can avert billions of dollars of annual losses from weather-related shocks, it adds.
Within two days, 23 UP govt employees were admitted to the crowded Mirzapur district hospital with only one ER doctor and a few nurses. Nine of them died, with heat listed as a 'suspected cause'.
Prompt action has been initiated by authorities to minimise impacts on agriculture, water and energy supplies. Harsh weather conditions likely to continue until end of next week.
Villagers say supplies run short from March to May every year, when temperatures can run as high as 40 degrees C (104°F), before monsoon rains bring respite in June.
‘Cool roofs’ reflect sunlight and absorb less heat, thus cooling down buildings and reducing energy consumption. Under first phase, all buildings in 300 sq km area to get cool roofs.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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