Heat Wave

With demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive 8% this year, the world's demand is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by robust economic growth, intense heat waves and uptake of technologies that run on electricity.

By the time the pair was found, they were already dead, according to the National Park Service.

Kashmir is currently under the grip of a heat wave with day temperatures at various places soaring to record-high, even as some respite is likely ahead this week, officials said on Wednesday.

Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.

Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he can't recall responding to as many fires as this summer.

Delhi has a habit of slinking into complacency when 'terrible' becomes just a notch better and gets categorised as 'bad'.

India heatwave death toll: India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country.

Swathes of northern and eastern India grappled with punishing heat wave conditions on Wednesday, and a western disturbance may provide much-needed relief, though only marginally, over the next few days, according to the India Meteorological Departmen

As north India experiences ongoing heat waves, doctors report a rise in cases of lupus, an autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs.

Since being shared, it has amassed 22.7 million views and over nine lakh likes on the platform.

Persistent heat wave drove the national capital's peak power demand today afternoon to 8,647 MW, the highest ever for the city, discom officials said.

As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year.

From Ladakh to Jharkhand and large parts of northwest India, a huge swathe of the country remained in the grip of an intense heat wave with the maximum temperature in Prayagraj touching 47.6 degrees Celsius while Nubra.

A brutal heat wave swept Delhi, with the maximum temperature soaring to 45.2 degrees Celsius on Monday even as the weather office predicted some relief from the scorching heat from June 19.

With demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive 8% this year, the world's demand is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by robust economic growth, intense heat waves and uptake of technologies that run on electricity.

By the time the pair was found, they were already dead, according to the National Park Service.

Kashmir is currently under the grip of a heat wave with day temperatures at various places soaring to record-high, even as some respite is likely ahead this week, officials said on Wednesday.

Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.

Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he can't recall responding to as many fires as this summer.

Delhi has a habit of slinking into complacency when 'terrible' becomes just a notch better and gets categorised as 'bad'.

India heatwave death toll: India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country.

Swathes of northern and eastern India grappled with punishing heat wave conditions on Wednesday, and a western disturbance may provide much-needed relief, though only marginally, over the next few days, according to the India Meteorological Departmen

As north India experiences ongoing heat waves, doctors report a rise in cases of lupus, an autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs.

Since being shared, it has amassed 22.7 million views and over nine lakh likes on the platform.

Persistent heat wave drove the national capital's peak power demand today afternoon to 8,647 MW, the highest ever for the city, discom officials said.

As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year.

From Ladakh to Jharkhand and large parts of northwest India, a huge swathe of the country remained in the grip of an intense heat wave with the maximum temperature in Prayagraj touching 47.6 degrees Celsius while Nubra.

A brutal heat wave swept Delhi, with the maximum temperature soaring to 45.2 degrees Celsius on Monday even as the weather office predicted some relief from the scorching heat from June 19.