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Rich Countries Provide No Haven From Climate Doom, Study Finds
Not one country is on track for a 1.5C future based on 2030 national pledges for cutting emissions, according to the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks Project.
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Delhi Power Demand Reaches All-Time High Of 8 Gigawatts Amid Scorching Heat
As Delhi boils at scorching temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,000 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.
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Delhi Reveals Heat Action Plan: No Schools In Afternoon, Curb On Non-Essential Water Use
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which prepared the plan and submitted it to the Centre last month, also plans a pilot project to paint roofs in identified areas with white colour to help keep the indoors cooler.
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School Timings To Change During Summer? Delhi Has This Proposal
Delhi will alter school timings, suspend non-essential water use and survey vulnerable locations daily to mitigate the impact of extreme heat on susceptible populations in peak summers, according to the city's new heat action plan.
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Amid Soaring Temperatures, Delhi Yet To Implement Heat Action Plan
Most parts of India are expected to see above-normal temperatures and more heatwave days this summer season but the national capital is yet to implement a heat action plan (HAP), four years after the Centre recommended it to do so.
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Does Summer Heat Make Asthma Worse? Here's What You Need To Know
Here's everything you need to know about asthma in summer and how to deal with it.
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Patna Boat Tragedy: 'Lapses By Administration Caused 24 Deaths'
A probe into the mid-January boat tragedy in Patna that killed 24 people including children has blamed the Saran district administration and Bihar Tourism Corporation for "grave lapses" in the way the kite festival was organized on occasion of Makar Sankranti. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had promised strict action against officials found to b...
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Mumbai pothole mess: High Court grills civic body, asks for action plan by September 3
At a two-hour hearing of a suo-motu PIL on potholes in the Bombay High Court, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) faced heat from the court, lawyers, experts and activists.
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Rich Countries Provide No Haven From Climate Doom, Study Finds
Not one country is on track for a 1.5C future based on 2030 national pledges for cutting emissions, according to the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks Project.
-
Delhi Power Demand Reaches All-Time High Of 8 Gigawatts Amid Scorching Heat
As Delhi boils at scorching temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,000 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.
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Delhi Reveals Heat Action Plan: No Schools In Afternoon, Curb On Non-Essential Water Use
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which prepared the plan and submitted it to the Centre last month, also plans a pilot project to paint roofs in identified areas with white colour to help keep the indoors cooler.
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School Timings To Change During Summer? Delhi Has This Proposal
Delhi will alter school timings, suspend non-essential water use and survey vulnerable locations daily to mitigate the impact of extreme heat on susceptible populations in peak summers, according to the city's new heat action plan.
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Amid Soaring Temperatures, Delhi Yet To Implement Heat Action Plan
Most parts of India are expected to see above-normal temperatures and more heatwave days this summer season but the national capital is yet to implement a heat action plan (HAP), four years after the Centre recommended it to do so.
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Does Summer Heat Make Asthma Worse? Here's What You Need To Know
Here's everything you need to know about asthma in summer and how to deal with it.
-
Patna Boat Tragedy: 'Lapses By Administration Caused 24 Deaths'
A probe into the mid-January boat tragedy in Patna that killed 24 people including children has blamed the Saran district administration and Bihar Tourism Corporation for "grave lapses" in the way the kite festival was organized on occasion of Makar Sankranti. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had promised strict action against officials found to b...
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Mumbai pothole mess: High Court grills civic body, asks for action plan by September 3
At a two-hour hearing of a suo-motu PIL on potholes in the Bombay High Court, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) faced heat from the court, lawyers, experts and activists.
