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April 09, 2026

Mumbai's April heatwave is leading to surge in gut infections

Hospital emergency wards across Mumbai are seeing a 50% surge in gut infections. Heat speeds up bacterial reproduction i…

April 03, 2026

Why is India’s weather behaving like a Rohit Shetty climax?

Yesterday, Pune got battered with intense rain for 2 hours, the highest April rainfall in 128 years! It led to floods, p…

March 30, 2026

Kerala elections: Campaigning in 38°C Heat (Feels Like 50°C)

Kerala's assembly elections (scheduled April 9) are happening during a severe heat wave, with temperatures hitting 38°C …

March 26, 2026

India's New Climate Targets for 2035

India just announced its climate commitments for 2031-2035. The key points are:

March 23, 2026

El Nino likely in 2026; Hotter summer and weak monsoon for India

Scientists are predicting a 62% chance of El Nino developing by August 2026.

March 21, 2026

The end of Spring: India Jumps Straight from Winter to Summer

You couldn't have missed how quickly we moved from winter to summer this year. It felt like we completely by-passed spri…

March 18, 2026

Too Hot to Move: How Rising Heat Could Make India Sicker by 2050

A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health (based on data from 1.9 mn adults across 146 countries) found that risi…

May 15, 2025

Ahmedabad Using Heat Insurance for Informal Workers

Grassroots organizations in Ahmedabad launched parametric heat insurance schemes compensating informal sector women for …