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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicHeatwave

Topic: Heatwave

Almost 90% Indians vulnerable to health issues, death risks due to heatwaves, says Cambridge study

Results showed that India's global ranking according to UN Sustainable Development Group has gone down in last 2 decades because it hasn't met 11 of 17 UN SDGs.

India’s climate vulnerability indices don’t adequately capture impact of heatwaves, says UK-US study

New Delhi: Current indices mapping India’s vulnerability to climate change are failing to adequately capture the impact of heatwaves, which could in turn hinder...

Indian economy, agriculture, development goals at risk due to heatwaves, study says

India is now 'facing a collision of multiple, cumulative climate hazards', with extreme weather happening almost every day from January to October last year, said a team of scholars led by University of Cambridge's Ramit Debnath.

No respite from heat in east India, but showers imminent in northwestern states, says Met dept

The east may see temperatures up to 44 degrees, high temperatures also forecast in isolated pockets of Gangetic West Bengal and Bihar.

Brace for heatwaves in Bengal, Odisha, Andhra & Bihar this week, says IMD

Gangetic West Bengal will experience heatwaves from 13 to 17 April, while northern coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are likely to be hit between 13 and 15 April, and Bihar from 15 to 17 April. 

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

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.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

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.