Climate change: Redesign cities, get heat index
Environmentalist Sunita Narain underlines need for city redesign as buildings with glass facades turned into furnaces in summer. A heat index, much like the AQI measuring app on our phones, will indicate how temperature feels to the human body when relative humidity is combined with air temperature.News Arena Network - New Delhi - UPDATED: June 16, 2024, 03:23 AM - 5 mins read
According to Health Ministry data, India recorded nearly 25,000 suspected heat stroke cases and 56 deaths due to heat-related illnesses from March to May (PTI/For representation).
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July 1, 2024, 12:41 AM - 4 mins read
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June 30, 2024, 10:20 PM - 3 mins read
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