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Real estate firms trained on energy efficient buildings in Chennai
Inaugurating the workshop, P Senthil Kumar, secretary of Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, said that Chennai was facing various...
Mercury continues to soar in Rajasthan, Ganganagar hottest at 46.3 deg...
Heat conditions have intensified in Rajasthan with the maximum temperature reaching 46.3 degrees Celsius in Ganganagar
Avoid special classes this summer, institutions told
A senior official from the Higher Education Department said that unlike government colleges, many private institutions would conduct special classes,...
Tripura closes all schools for 4 days due to heat wave conditions
The state government has also issued do’s and don’ts during the heat wave period and provided medical tips to the people.
India's sugar demand surges in heat wave and election season
Consumption of cold drinks and ice cream, and as a result demand for sugar, rises in India during the summer months roughly from mid-March to...
Milder heat waves more deadly in long term, India study finds
"We wanted to find out how much the risk of death increases during heat waves," said study first author Jeroen de Bont from Karolinska Institutet in...
Climate change may claim 14.5 mn lives by 2050: WEF
The report analysed six major consequences of climate change: floods, droughts, heat waves, tropical storms, wildfires and rising sea levels.
Heat waves becoming more frequent, deadly, study finds
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that Europe will be particularly affected.
