At 36.8 deg C, Delhi records highest temperature this year

Delhi is bracing itself for a prolonged dry spell that is expected to drive temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius at isolated places in the city over the coming week

Warming may lead to more frequent, longer-lasting droughts in India: Study

The study, published recently in the journal Climatic Change, quantified the projected impacts of alternative levels of global warming upon the probability and length of severe drought in the six countries

Rising heat in Delhi NCR bumps AC sales

Unrelenting heatwaves in the capital not showing any signs of abating are resulting in spikes in air-conditioner sales in the Delhi-NCR region. For the industry, which suffered two back-to-back pandemic-induced lockdowns, it’s a welcome relief

SMOKING HOT

Every year, says the met department, temperatures are rising by 1.5% at least. So what are the chances of summer 2018 being a scorcher? Ranit Das, a resident of Noida, gets up every morning and goes to work in an air-conditioned cab and stays in his air-conditioned office for the next nine hours. The first […]