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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicHumidity

Topic: humidity

84% of Indian districts prone to heatwaves, most of these also see extreme rainfall events

Report ‘Managing Monsoons in a Warming Climate’ by IPE Global & Esri India says frequency, intensity & unpredictability of extreme heat, rainfall events have also risen in recent decades.

Not heat waves, it’s the dangerous mix of heat and humidity that hurt you more

When will it get too hot for normal routines as we know them, even for young, healthy adults? The answer goes beyond the temperature you see on the thermometer.

We can take the heat, usually. But more heat waves are dangerous

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.

Warm and humid climate make rocks more brittle, accelerate weathering, study finds

New study by University of North Carolina confirms that increased humidity in air and rising temperatures leads to rocks weathering faster.

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Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.