Here’s a look at the worst heat waves India has witnessed since Independence and measures taken by the country to mitigate the effects of excessive heat.
Production of coal, the fossil fuel that accounts for more than 70% of India’s electricity generation, has failed to keep pace with unprecedented energy demand from the heat wave.
State-run NTPC will this month award a contract to construct a 1,320-megawatt plant in Odisha as several states across India are suffering prolonged blackouts amid scorching heat waves.
The life-threatening, extreme temperatures have caused hours-long power blackouts and put millions of people at risk. Thermometer readings have already reached 46°C in some regions.
Normally sweat evaporates off your skin and you cool down. But with high humidity, the air is already saturated with water vapour, and so evaporative cooling stops.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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