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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicSummers

Topic: Summers

What a second wave of Covid-19 could look like

One model of Covid-19’s future transmission dynamics suggests the size of outbreaks will vary drastically depending on seasonality and duration of people’s immunity.

Coronavirus dies fastest under light, warm and humid conditions, US study finds

Coronavirus doesn’t last on door handles & nonporous surfaces when it’s exposed to sunlight, higher temperatures & humidity, according to US govt study.

India’s longer summers & delayed monsoons are partly due to retreating Himalayan glaciers

A US satellite has confirmed what TERI found in 2017 — that Himalayan glaciers are in trouble, which may disrupt the major river systems of the subcontinent.

Women perform better on math and verbal tasks when the office AC is turned down

Corporate climactic conditions on the other hand are designed to ensure the comfort of a person who is male, 40 years old and 154 pounds.

IIT-Delhi takes up mission to help Indians beat heat stress

Heat stress occurs when the body is unable to balance its temperature. IIT-Delhi & 5 other institutes will study it across India and suggest remedies.

Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago

Indian summer monsoon which was highly sensitive in the past also helped end the ice age.

On Camera

Hyderabad is no longer the better Bengaluru. Our roads are flooding and full of traffic

I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.