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- Telangana
208 Haj pilgrims lose life in 2024, 8 from Telangana: Centre
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju recently reported a tragic toll during this year’s Haj pilgrimage, revealing that 208 Indian pilgrims lost their lives, including eight from Telangana. This information was disclosed in…
- World
Pakistan: 16 bodies found after mercury soars in Karachi
Islamabad: At least 16 bodies were found in different areas of Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi during the last two days after soaring temperatures hit the city, rescue officials said Thursday.…
- India
Nearly 5 billion people endured extreme heat in June; 619 million in India: Report
New Delhi: 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…
- Delhi
Delhi water crisis: Atishi visits Rajghat ahead of indefinite hunger strike
New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi reached Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, ahead of her indefinite hunger strike to press on her demand for getting 100 million gallons of water…
- Delhi
Delhi sees 17 heat-related deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi: A total of 17 fatalities due to suspected heat-related illnesses have been recorded at Delhi’s RML and Safdarjung hospitals in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. Delhi has…
- India
114 heatwave deaths reported, nearly 41k cases of suspected heatstroke
New Delhi: The unrelenting heatwave sweeping large parts of the country has claimed at least 114 lives and left more than 40,984 people grappling with suspected heatstroke between March 1 and June…
- Delhi
Video: Air passengers in Delhi fall sick due to lack of AC amidst heatwave
Air passengers travelling from Delhi to Darbhanga (SG 476) on Wednesday, June 19 in a SpiceJet flight had to reportedly wait inside an aircraft without air conditioning (AC) for over an hour…
- Health
Heatwaves affect people with disabilities more: Study
New Delhi: People with disabilities are hit harder by heatwaves compared to those without, according to new research that found increased hospitalizations from being exposed to extreme heat. Researchers from Pusan National…
- India
Zomato asks customers to avoid ordering during peak afternoon hours
New Delhi: Amid the extreme heatwave in the country, online food delivery platform Zomato on Sunday requested customers to avoid ordering during peak afternoon hours unless it is necessary. “Please avoid ordering…
- India
UP: Ballia elderly voter collapses due to heat stroke; dies
With rising temperature above 40 degrees in Uttar Pradesh, an elderly voter collapsed while standing in queue to cast his vote. He later reportedly died. With rising temperature above 40 degrees in…
- India
Delhi records its highest ever temperature at 52.3 degrees Celsius
New Delhi: Delhi’s Mungeshpur area Wednesday logged a maximum of 52.3 degrees Celsius, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city, officials said. On Tuesday, the weather station in the northwest Delhi…
- Delhi
Delhi hospital fire: Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj calls meeting
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj has called for a meeting on Monday to discuss the east Delhi hospital fire that killed seven newborns, officials said. The meeting will be held…
- News
Heat like ‘literal hell’ sends thousands to hospital in Pakistan
Islamabad: Thousands of heatstroke victims were being treated at hospitals across Pakistan on Friday as temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius amid a blazing heatwave, officials said. The heat gripped the South Asian…
- India
Brutal heat in large parts of India; temperatures set to rise further, says IMD
New Delhi: The blistering heat sweeping across large swathes of India continued unabated on Wednesday, with the mercury surging to 48 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan’s Barmer, the highest temperature recorded in the…
- India
Unrelenting heat disrupts daily life in swathes of India
New Delhi: The unrelenting heat turned daily activities into an arduous task in large parts of India on Sunday, with Najafgarh in southwest Delhi reaching a sweltering 47.8 degrees Celsius — the…
