How to deal with extreme heat: Move beyond emergency mode

In an era of global warming, if India’s cities are to continue as centres for economic opportunities, they will have to move away from …

Most heat action plans in India are not suited to local contexts: Study

Indian heat action plans do not take humidity, hot nights and duration of continuous heat into consideration; they are poor at identifying …

Killer heat wave is on, but no relief in sight

As heat wave is not recognised as a natural calamity by the central government, there are no relief measures in place

Government’s flip-flops on heatwaves

While the Central government has been keeping a tab on heatwaves since 2014, officially, it has refused to declare them as natural disasters

India could see 200-fold increase in heat wave exposure by 2100: study

When it comes to frequency of severe heat waves in India, there could be a 75-fold increase by 2100 under business-as-usual scenario

Are manual labourers in India prepared for hot summers?

With 90% of India’s workforce being increasingly unsafe due to the rising temperatures, developing labour-centric interventions becomes crucial

Alert to heat waves

Even as the IMD has begun issuing city-specific temperature alerts, over 150 people have reportedly died due to heat strokes. Is our health …

How dangerous heat waves can kill

What can overwhelm a person is a heat source that you can neither escape nor counter. Overheated people suffer from painful involuntary muscle …

Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan

Civic body to send weather alerts, create public awareness and train medical officials