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Friday, March 13, 2026
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Topic: Weather

World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

The record had last been set for four consecutive days in a row in early July 2023. Before that, the hottest day was in August 2016.

El Nino may hammer Asian farms with dry weather, but shower American growers

As El Nino looms, wheat output in Australia, the world’s second-largest exporter of the grain, is also expected to take a hit from dry weather, forecasters and analysts said.

Kojiki purchases weather News Point as part of its expansion

The acquisition comes in a series of major purchases the company has made over the past few months as part of its expansion plans.

Scientists capture highest-ever resolution image of atoms

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

2020 tied with 2016 for the hottest year ever recorded & why crocodiles don’t change

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Floating wind farms are costly, but technology has the answer

Energy generated by offshore wind rises by 30 per cent every year. But despite this growth, it only accounts for 1 per cent of the world's electricity supply.

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.

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.

Economics can fix global climate problem that fuel-efficient engines can’t

Setting aside escapist solutions, we should understand why corrective action has not followed better understanding of the climate problem.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.