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Temperature
Candidates in Bengal poll fray turn to light meals, fluids aplenty to beat sweltering heat
At Paschim Medinipur's Kalaikunda, where an Air Force Station is located, the mercury touched an unbearable 47.2 degrees Celsius recently.
04 May 2024, 06:57 IST
Candidates in Bengal poll fray turn to light meals, fluids aplenty to beat sweltering heat
04 May 2024, 06:57 IST
How can India hold elections when it’s too hot to vote?
Roughly half a billion people who’ve migrated from other areas of the country face barriers to voting in their home towns, an issue the country’s Election Commission is only starting to address. There simply aren’t enough poll workers to run it in a country with a million voting booths. Still, postal ballots ought to be far more widely used.
23 April 2024, 03:46 IST
How can India hold elections when it’s too hot to vote?
23 April 2024, 03:46 IST
No heatwave in Delhi but temperature likely to hit 40 degree C in next three days: IMD
The highest temperature recorded so far this summer season is 39.4 degrees Celsius, which was recorded on April 20, as per the data.
22 April 2024, 14:33 IST
No heatwave in Delhi but temperature likely to hit 40 degree C in next three days: IMD
22 April 2024, 14:33 IST
March marks yet another record in global heat
Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.
09 April 2024, 02:50 IST
March marks yet another record in global heat
09 April 2024, 02:50 IST
It’s too hot in the day. Go nocturnal
Avoiding the peak heat of the day has long been a strategy for hot locations. Mediterranean countries are known for their siestas. Gulf nations have all introduced summer bans on outdoor work in the middle of the day.
29 March 2024, 19:15 IST
It’s too hot in the day. Go nocturnal
29 March 2024, 19:15 IST
Mercury crosses 40 deg C in 60% of Karnataka
The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre data said Raichur was the hottest district in the state, with the mercury crossing 44 degrees Celsius. Kodagu, the only district to not cross 38 degrees C, was at 37.4 degrees Celsius.
28 March 2024, 23:34 IST
Mercury crosses 40 deg C in 60% of Karnataka
28 March 2024, 23:34 IST
Kerala schools to have 'water breaks' as temperature soars
Under the new initiative, the bell would be rung twice at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm in all schools across the state to remind children to drink water.
17 February 2024, 04:13 IST
Kerala schools to have 'water breaks' as temperature soars
17 February 2024, 04:13 IST
Weathering the storm: India grapples with climate change
India suffered an economic loss of $ 4.2 billion in 2022 due to extreme weather events and climatic disasters, most of which were caused by floods, as per the WMO. An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment shows that India has witnessed an extreme weather disaster almost every day of the first nine months of this year.
17 December 2023, 01:43 IST
Weathering the storm: India grapples with climate change
17 December 2023, 01:43 IST
Delhi: Minimum temperature 7.4 deg C, air quality 'very poor'
The minimum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 6.8 degrees Celsius and on Monday at 6.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal.
13 December 2023, 05:05 IST
Delhi: Minimum temperature 7.4 deg C, air quality 'very poor'
13 December 2023, 05:05 IST
Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures
The temperature recorded on Saturday night in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir rose slightly from the previous night's minus 4.6 degrees Celsius and settled at minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, officials said.
10 December 2023, 06:45 IST
Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures
10 December 2023, 06:45 IST
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