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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: summer

Urban India is warming faster, 3.2% of city GDP could be at risk by 2050—World Bank

Report studied 24 cities with focus on Chennai, New Delhi, among others. Timely adaptation can avert billions of dollars of annual losses from weather-related shocks, it adds.

Power demand in Delhi grew 3.8x on hot & humid days in last 1 yr, finds new IEEFA report

Report by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis released Friday also found that total number of hot and humid days surged from 24 in 2022-2023 to 40 in 2023-2024.

Rise in cases of heat exhaustion & stroke — symptoms & why they shouldn’t be taken lightly

As many as 40,211 heat stroke cases & 110 deaths have been registered between 1 March & 18 June, according to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives in northern hemisphere

Record temperatures already reached in recent days are suspected to have caused hundreds if not thousands of deaths across Asia and Europe.

Crematorium, hospital in UP’s Ballia fill up as heatwave scorches town

The deaths in Ballia have triggered a row as the UP government replaced a district health official for citing heat as the cause of deaths.

Women, children trek miles in scorching heat to fetch water near Mumbai’s Telamwadi

Villagers say supplies run short from March to May every year, when temperatures can run as high as 40 degrees C (104°F), before monsoon rains bring respite in June.

‘Save power, more time for staff’: CM Bhagwant Mann announces new office timings for Punjab

From 2 May to 15 July, government offices in the state will open at 7:30 a.m. & close at 2 p.m. Currently, these offices in Punjab operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Taking steps to ensure adequate availability of electricity during summer, says power ministry

Power utilities have been directed to maintain coal-based power plants in advance to avoid disruptions and all plants would have to run at full capacity from 16 March.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.