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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?

How can India hold elections when it’s too hot to vote?

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

No heatwave in Delhi but temperature likely to hit 40 degree C in next three days: IMD

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

March marks yet another record in global heat

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

It’s too hot in the day. Go nocturnal

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

Mercury crosses 40 deg C in 60% of Karnataka

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

Kerala schools to have 'water breaks' as temperature soars

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

Weathering the storm: India grapples with climate change

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'

Delhi: Minimum temperature 7.4 deg C, air quality 'very poor'

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

Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures

Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures

10 December 2023, 06:45 IST

Srinagar shivers at bone-chilling minus 4.6 °C

The MeT department has said that “mainly dry weather is expected till December 15 in Kashmir.” The ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ - the 40-day harshest winter period when a cold wave grips the region and the temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies as well as the water supply lines - is still 12 days away.

09 December 2023, 05:42 IST

Srinagar shivers at bone-chilling minus 4.6 °C

Srinagar shivers at bone-chilling minus 4.6 °C

Srinagar shivers at bone-chilling minus 4.6 °C

09 December 2023, 05:42 IST