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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
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Over 70% Indians Impacted By Severe Heat Waves Due To Climate Change: Report
With a rise in global temperatures due to climate change, more than 70 per cent of Indians reported personally experiencing severe heat waves, as well as droughts and water shortages, according to a report on Tuesday.
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Declining Fertility Rates In India: Are Air Pollution, Heat, Or Stress The Biggest Health Threats?
Explore the impact of air pollution, rising heat, and stress on India's declining fertility rates. Here are the health threats are to blame.
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Erratic Rainfall, High Temperatures, Pests Hit Assam Tea Production
Tea production in Assam was adversely impacted in Assam as erratic rainfall in June and high temperatures in July affected the current crop.
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Children May Lose 1.5 Years Of Schooling Due To Climate Change: UN Report
Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling with climate change having a direct impact on education and threatening to undo educational gains of recent decades, according to a new global report.
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Nearly 60% Of Indian Districts Face High Heatwave Risk, Shows Study
Nearly 60% of Indian districts, home to three-quarters of the population, face a "high to very high" risk from extreme heat, with rising night-time temperatures and humidity compounding the health impact, a study has found.
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India’s Summer Maximum Temperature to See a Rise of 1.5 Degree Celsius by 2043, Claims New Climate Data
A new report highlights the growing climate crisis in India, predicting rising temperatures, increased extreme weather events, and food security threats. By 2057, maximum temperatures may rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, with variations across regions. Changes in rainfall patterns could impact agriculture and rural livelihoods, particularly in the nort...
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Extreme Heat Across India Sparks Public Health Crisis, Warn Experts
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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What 50 Degree Celsius Feels Like: The Impact Of Scorching Heat On Human Body
The human body combats extreme heat through vasodilation and sweating, but these mechanisms can lead to dehydration and electrolyte imbalances, causing heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and potentially fatal heatstroke.
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These States Likely To See Worst Impact Of Heat Wave This Year
India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and western peninsular parts expected to face the worst impact, the IMD said on Monday as the country prepares for seven-phase general elections from April 19.
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2023 El Nino Among 5 Strongest On Record, Will Fuel Heat In 2024: Report
The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said today.
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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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European Union's Proposed Move To Ban Lead In Ammunition Raises ISSF's Hackles; Indians Could Feel Heat
Indian shotgun shooters could be impacted in a big way financially if the proposed European Union (EU) norms, curtailing the use of lead pellets in ammunition, are implemented in the foreseeable future.
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India To Get Its Own Index To Quantify Heat Impact Next Year
India will launch its own composite index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
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Over 70% Indians Impacted By Severe Heat Waves Due To Climate Change: Report
With a rise in global temperatures due to climate change, more than 70 per cent of Indians reported personally experiencing severe heat waves, as well as droughts and water shortages, according to a report on Tuesday.
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Declining Fertility Rates In India: Are Air Pollution, Heat, Or Stress The Biggest Health Threats?
Explore the impact of air pollution, rising heat, and stress on India's declining fertility rates. Here are the health threats are to blame.
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Erratic Rainfall, High Temperatures, Pests Hit Assam Tea Production
Tea production in Assam was adversely impacted in Assam as erratic rainfall in June and high temperatures in July affected the current crop.
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Children May Lose 1.5 Years Of Schooling Due To Climate Change: UN Report
Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling with climate change having a direct impact on education and threatening to undo educational gains of recent decades, according to a new global report.
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Nearly 60% Of Indian Districts Face High Heatwave Risk, Shows Study
Nearly 60% of Indian districts, home to three-quarters of the population, face a "high to very high" risk from extreme heat, with rising night-time temperatures and humidity compounding the health impact, a study has found.
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India’s Summer Maximum Temperature to See a Rise of 1.5 Degree Celsius by 2043, Claims New Climate Data
A new report highlights the growing climate crisis in India, predicting rising temperatures, increased extreme weather events, and food security threats. By 2057, maximum temperatures may rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, with variations across regions. Changes in rainfall patterns could impact agriculture and rural livelihoods, particularly in the nort...
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Extreme Heat Across India Sparks Public Health Crisis, Warn Experts
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
-
What 50 Degree Celsius Feels Like: The Impact Of Scorching Heat On Human Body
The human body combats extreme heat through vasodilation and sweating, but these mechanisms can lead to dehydration and electrolyte imbalances, causing heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and potentially fatal heatstroke.
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These States Likely To See Worst Impact Of Heat Wave This Year
India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and western peninsular parts expected to face the worst impact, the IMD said on Monday as the country prepares for seven-phase general elections from April 19.
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2023 El Nino Among 5 Strongest On Record, Will Fuel Heat In 2024: Report
The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said today.
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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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European Union's Proposed Move To Ban Lead In Ammunition Raises ISSF's Hackles; Indians Could Feel Heat
Indian shotgun shooters could be impacted in a big way financially if the proposed European Union (EU) norms, curtailing the use of lead pellets in ammunition, are implemented in the foreseeable future.
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India To Get Its Own Index To Quantify Heat Impact Next Year
India will launch its own composite index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
