New Delhi:As heat waves continue in north India, doctors are witnessing a surge in cases of ‘lupus’, an autoimmune disease in which the body’s own system is targeted, leading to multiple organ affection and damage, a doctor said on Wednesday. Heat waves are causing an increase in th...
Heat wave ebbs marginally as rains drench parts of North IndiaPress Trust of India
NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Most parts of central and north India are going through extreme heat wave these days and the maximum temperature is likely to touch 47 degree Celsius in the next 24 hours, said sources in the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday. The heat wave ...
The scorching heat wave in North and central India may dent cotton production for the next marketing season beginning October 1. Cotton is sown between mid-April to mid-May in most parts of North India, and also in Tamil Nadu and some adjoining areas. But temperature in north I...
Passage Two After an intense three-month heat wave, Indians in the north and east of the subcontinent were praying hard for rain. Their prayers were heard and answered in the form of a curse. Violent downpours flooded much of the country, drowning more than 500 people and leaving thousands...
New Delhi— Shiv Shankar, 54, works all day on a construction site in the blistering New Delhi sun. He can't even think of taking a day off to avoid the deadly heat wave that has gripped India's capital and much of the country's north since late March. That would mean losing a da...
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An Indian truck driver takes a bath using a water tanker as he tries to cool himself on a hot summer afternoon in Allahabad on May 31, 2019. [Photo: AFP] The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warning of severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets in north India, particu...
We show that western, north-eastern, and southern part of India have experienced an increase of about three events (3-day CHDHN) per year in the post-1984 period. Furthermore, night-time extreme heat events are increasing more rapidly than daytime events (Fig. S2). The frequency of 3-...
India’s weather condition department anticipates heat wave conditions to continue throughout the north for the next couple of days and has actually put a number of states on high alert. On Friday, parts of New Delhi reported approximately 47.1 degrees Celsius (116 Fahrenheit)...