India may become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but heat deaths are preventable
The next year turned out to be India's hottest ever, since record-keeping began in 1901. And earlier in 2017, summer got off to an unprecedented intense start, as heatwaves in late March swept through nine states.
Jun 22, 2017, 12:28 PM ISTUS group launches Ahmedabad model-based toolkit for heat waves
Based on Ahmedabad's pioneering "Heat Action Plan", a US-based environmental advocacy group has released a toolkit to tackle heat waves and rising temperatures on the sidelines of Paris climate change summit.
Dec 10, 2015, 00:26 AM IST