Health

Health Ministry issues advisory as India reels under heat wave

Parts of Central and North India undergoing heat wave

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Health
Environment

Spiritual leaders join hands to save environment

Various spiritual leaders and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shall join an initiative for environment protection on June 5, marked as the World Environment Day, an official said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Pollution, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Environment
Climate Change

Ahmedabad heat action plan 2019

A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate change.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Ahmedabad (T), India, Health Effects
Natural Disasters

Heatwave conditions to continue for 2 more days, subside gradually: IMD

Large parts of the country witnessed severe heatwave over the last week with temperatures even reaching 50 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Heat Waves, Madhya Pradesh, Natural Disasters
Health

The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe

A report by experts from 27 national science academies has set out the widespread damage global heating is already causing to people’s health and the increasingly serious impacts expected in future.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2019
German National Academy of Sciences
Tags:
Climate Change, Health Effects, Heat Waves, Europe, Extreme Weather Events
Natural Disasters

Heatwave in striking distance of capital

New Delhi: A severe heatwave is set to hit Delhi and its neighbouring regions which, according to IMD, is likely to push the maximum temperature to 45 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Heat Waves, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Air Quality Standards, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Warangal: 4,000 hens die from heat

The poultry farm localted in AK thanda of Rayaparthy mandal is owned by one Modu Chukru.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Heat Waves, Warangal (D), Natural Disasters
Water Supply

Gujarat facing massive water crisis

Except the Narmada, all other waterbodies and dams have negligible water: Chief Minister

Publication Date: 
10/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Drinking Water Scarcity, Kuchchh, Heat Waves, Water Resources, Water Supply
Climate Change

Compound costs: how climate change is damaging Australia’s economy

The Climate Council’s report, ‘Compound Costs: How Climate Change is Damaging Australia’s Economy’, finds there are few forces affecting the Australian economy that can match the scale, persistence and systemic risk associated with climate change.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2019
Climate Council
Tags:
Climate Change, Heat Waves, Economy, Infrastructure Development, Australia
Natural Disasters

Hyderabad: Heatwave alert is on till May 7

Hyderabad: The heatwave alert has been extended by a day till Tuesday, May 7, by the Indian Meteorological Department. The alert is already prevailed in place for Monday.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Heat Waves, Hyderabad (D), Health Effects, Natural Disasters

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