A report by Centre for Science & Environment catalogues impact of climate change on extreme weather events, while another by Climate Trends focuses on media's coverage of heatwaves.
While Africa saw 2 major floods highlighting perils of climate change, Europe had its own share of natural disasters. Closer home, it was heatwaves, cyclone & glacial lake outburst.
The DDMA, which prepared the plan & submitted it to Centre last month, also plans a pilot project to paint roofs in identified areas with white colour to help keep the indoors cooler.
The World Meteorological Organisation said climate calamities in Asia affected more than 50 million people and caused more than 5,000 deaths last year.
Europe's scorching weather sparks wildfires, evacuations in 9 European countries including Russia and France, and record-breaking temperatures, signalling a concerning summer ahead.
In July, temperatures broke records in China, the US and southern Europe, sparking forest fires, water shortages and a rise in heat-related hospital admissions.
Southern Europe is facing record-breaking heatwave during the peak summer tourist season, prompting the authorities to warn of an increased risk of health problems & even death.
The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe, said the world must look ahead while adapting to the 'new reality' of killer heat waves and other extreme weather.
In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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