By:
On:
In: Blog

By M L Satyan Coimbatore, June 24, 2024: The terrible heatwave spread across India has been bothering me for a while as I too have experienced it in March-April this year. Here are some interviews by media: Interview-1: Bicycle rickshaw driver Sagar Mandal of New Delhi told CNN on JuneContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: National

New Delhi, May 24, 2020: Several parts of India are now experiencing a heat wave as the country is struggling to contain the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic in its third stage. A severe heat wave is declared when the maximum temperature is at least 40°C and more than 6.4°C higherContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: National

New Delhi: Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra and 40-plus temperatures have led to heat wave warning in parts of the state. Districts in central and north Maharashtra are worst affected. Village Bhira in Raigad district has been in the news for unusually high temperature at 46.5Continue Reading

By:
On:
In: National

A city in western India has suffered through the country’s highest temperature in history – a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The record was set Thursday in the city of Phalodi, in the western state of Rajasthan. India’s meteorological department said the previous high was 50.6 C (123Continue Reading

By:
On:
In: National

More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said on Thursday. Neighboring Pakistan, which suffered its hottest spell in decades last year, plans to open 500 response centers to provide shelterContinue Reading