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‘Humid heat is going to be a much bigger threat than dry heat’
Is excessive humidity something to be concerned about? Very much, so says an interdisciplinary joint research study conducted by Penn State College of Health and Human Development, Purdue University...
गाँव कनेक्शन 2 Nov 2023 1:53 PM GMT
Rising heatwaves take a toll on women farm labourers; their health and wages are dropping. A ground report
Unnao and Mahoba, Uttar PradeshHalf-bent from her waist, septuagenarian Ram Janki plucked beans from a patch of land. She had been plucking beans all morning when Gaon Connection met her past noon in...
Aishwarya Tripathi 19 July 2023 6:27 AM GMT
“He just collapsed & died” — Families in Ballia recall last moments of their loved ones
Ballia, Uttar PradeshIt’s been four days since his father died but 42-year-old Satyajit Singh hasn’t been able to come to terms with his absence in the house.‘Pitaji bas ikdum se kho gaye’ [It’s as...
Brijendra Dubey 21 Jun 2023 4:26 PM GMT
As temperatures soar, Centre asks states to conduct daily surveillance on heat-related illnesses
In the wake of prematurely high temperatures pervading in the country, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare yesterday, on February 28, wrote to the states and the Union Territories to...
गाँव कनेक्शन 1 March 2023 8:35 AM GMT
इस बार फरवरी महीने में ही बढ़े तापमान ने बढ़ायी गेहूं किसानों की परेशानी
पिछले 26 सालों से विकास चौधरी, हरियाणा के करनाल जिले में अपनी 28 हेक्टेयर (70 एकड़) जमीन पर गेहूं की खेती करते आए हैं। लेकिन आज तक उन्होंने फरवरी में इतनी गर्मी पड़ते कभी नहीं देखी। करनाल के तरावड़ी...
गाँव कनेक्शन 28 Feb 2023 6:16 AM GMT
A loss of 34 million jobs by 2030 – that's the cost of rising heatwaves, with rural India the worst hit. A ground report
Barabanki, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)As Rajrani weeded her fields in the peak of summers in June, she began to feel unwell. She did not know it then, but the temperature hovered around 43 degrees...
Shivani Gupta 22 Jun 2022 7:52 AM GMT
