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Topic: Heatwave

Purple can now be the new white. New fabric stays up to 6.2°C cooler

The technology, developed by researchers from Zhengzhou University and Adelaide University, could eventually be used to make cooling clothes for outdoor workers, athletes, and anyone exposed to extreme heat.

House panel recommends record Rs 2.84 lakh crore disaster fund, heatwaves & lightning on disaster list

Panel also recommended that MHA take steps to ensure more states & UTs adopt Model Bill on Maintenance of Fire and Emergency Services or align their fire services legislation with it.

Global media says Indian parents ‘spending more than ever on education’

Guardian reports on intensifying heatwaves in India and how workers are dying on the job; FT says New Delhi has opened consumer ecommerce to FDI—with a catch.

French heat wave lifts summer power use to highest since 2022

France, Germany and Switzerland recorded their highest average electricity demand for the April-to-mid-July period since 2022.

31% of Indians paused dating this summer—it was too hot for romance

happn’s Summer Dating Index 2026 surveyed nearly 1,500 Indian singles and found how the rising heat is changing how people connect.

France heatwave threatens nuclear power output as temperatures soar across Europe

EDF has warned that up to five nuclear plants could face output cuts as hot rivers reduce cooling capacity, adding pressure to Europe's power system during another intense heat wave.

More than 5,000 excess deaths recorded as heatwave grips Germany

Preliminary data showed 5,486 excess deaths in the last full week of June, Robert Koch Institute expected to release its estimate of heat-related deaths later this week.

UK comedians are finding humour in misery. The punchline is heatwave

'Everything is on fire! We’re all dying! Because you didn’t recycle,” joked British comedian, Scott Bennett.

Europe heatwave spreads east after all-time high temperatures recorded in Germany

Red alerts are in place across several countries after heat broke records in Germany and more than 1,000 excess deaths were reported in France.

India’s bats to Australia’s Koalas—animals around the world are dying from heat stress

Across the world, veterinarians and wildlife rescuers are reporting birds collapsing from dehydration and animals suffering heatstroke.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.