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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicHeat waves

Topic: Heat waves

Urban India is warming faster, 3.2% of city GDP could be at risk by 2050—World Bank

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.

‘They just dropped dead’—UP home guard who saw 3 colleagues die can’t forget those 20 mins

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'.

China faces severe drought following scarce rainfall & sweltering heat

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.

HUF & puff and blow the inherited house down, and when election is 99% perspiration

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

IMD warns of likely heat waves from April to June

According to the IMD, the heat wave is expected to affect the country's southern and western parts.

Women, children trek miles in scorching heat to fetch water near Mumbai’s Telamwadi

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.

With scheme for ‘cool roofs’ that absorb less sunlight, Telangana wages battle on urban warming

‘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 focus on improving adaptation, Harvard launches climate change platform at Delhi event

Launch followed two-day workshop on climate change with government officials, researchers, policymakers, and civil society organisations.

Heatwaves in France, Germany, Spain & UK caused over 20,000 ‘excess’ deaths, report says

Temperatures hit nearly 40 degrees Celsius or more across in 2022 & scientists from World Weather Attribution found that such numbers are 'virtually impossible' without climate change.

Hospital visits to debts — heat waves are more than a simple climate threat

The International Labour Organisation predicts that heat waves could reduce work hours by 2 per cent globally, leading to 2.4 million in losses.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.