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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/unequal-human-cost-of-extreme-heat-experiences-of-delhis-outdoor-workers</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Thermal image of Jay Yadav, 32, delivery worker taken using an infrared camera. It shows that the surface of Yadav's scooty was as 47.3°C under shade. The ambient temperature at that moment was 41°C. May 23, 2026, 2pm, GK2 M Block Market.  ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Elderly security guard at metro constuction site, Vayusenabad. The infrared camera recorded a temperature of 42.7C on the surface of his shirt when he was sitting under a concrete shade. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ This slideshow of thermal images is from the metro line construction site in front of Batra Hospital on the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road taken on May 23, 2026, 2.45pm. This particular image shows that the temperature of the overhead metro line being constructed is 50.1°C, much higher than the air temperature of 41°C. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Another thermal image of a road surface at the same metro construction site shows temperature close to 60°C, about 20°C higher than the official air temperature. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A labourer digging a metalled road under the pillar at the same site. Road surface temperature 55°C captured on the infrared camera.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A construction worker at the site. Road surface temperature 55.1°C.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A slideshow of thermal images taken at Lajpat Nagar main market taken on May 23, 2026 at 3.30pm. Kusum, 50, selling her wares at Lajpat Nagar market. The temperature on the road surface she is sitting on is 48.1°C.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The temperature of the road surface a few feet away from Kusum's shop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Another slideshow of thermal images showing hawkers and shoppers at Lajpat Nagar main market on May 23, 2026, 3.40pm. In this image, Raju, 38, is selling shopping bags.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shoppers walking down market path showed a temperature of 55.7°C on the infrared camera.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Market road showing a temperature reading of 56.7°C.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Subhash, 38, Kulfi seller. The surface temperature of the road under him is 54.5°C.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Subhash wraps his plastic water bottle in cloth.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/hotter-drier-hindu-kush-himalaya-monsoon-likely-in-2026-icimod-warns-of-dual-threat-of-droughts-and-flash-floods</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Monsoon temperature and precipitation distribution in HKH countries.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sub-seasonal mean temperature anomaly for summer onsoon 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Subseasonal precipitation anomaly in the HKH region. ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-11T08:09:54.619Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/moment-or-movement-what-growing-youth-support-for-cockroach-janta-party-means-for-india</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A scene from the June 6, 2026 protest organised by CJP at Jantar Mantar, Delhi.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-11T07:12:16.128Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/offshore-wind-capacity-to-quadruple-by-2035-but-25-gw-projects-remain-stuck-gwec</loc>
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