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Saturday, August 1, 2026
TopicIndia's heatwaves

Topic: India's heatwaves

Sharp monsoon drop this year in India, says IMD. After 2025’s excess rains

As May temperatures cross 48 degrees in Rajasthan and UP, the weather office warns of relentless heat continuing next month.

India’s heatwaves have entered a dangerous new phase. The warning sign comes after sunset

Birds are falling from the sky, fish are dying in Delhi lakes, schools are shutting early and farmers are working through the night as temperatures surge across India.

What is India missing in heat planning? Harvard paper has answers

Published by the Salata Institute of Climate Change and Sustainability at Harvard University, the paper has nine chapters, each tackling different aspects of extreme heat management.

Will Fatehpur have world’s hottest summer? IMD says mercury to remain five degrees above normal

In India, the intense heat is likely to be made worse by the lower-than-normal forecast of the southwest monsoon.

IIT Bombay study explains why your neighbourhood might sizzle while the next one stays cool

A recent IIT Bombay study shows that land-atmosphere interactions, not large-scale weather systems, determine exactly where extreme heat will strike.

Human body, in the heat of the moment

What is heat exhaustion? Can heat affect vital organs? How can you manage heatstrokes? ThePrint explains how the human body reacts to change in ambient temperature.

Ahead of unusually warm summer, govt report says only 32% hospitals equipped to treat heatstrokes

Data on govt hospitals was part of a report on Heat-Health Preparedness & Response Activities, put together by NCDC's National Programme on Climate Change & Human Health.

On Camera

Ramayana doesn’t need Marvel-style spectacle. It needs good storytelling

The trailer of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana feels less like a story adapted from a centuries-old epic written by sages and more like an adaptation by a modern-day novelist.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.