By Arun Singh
The forests of Panna have a bounty of bael trees, the fruit of which are just perfect to beat the summer heat. The juice of the bael is bursting with nutrition, deliciously cool and helps build immunity. Here’s a quick recipe to make bael sharbat at home.
The forests of Panna have a bounty of bael trees, the fruit of which are just perfect to beat the summer heat. The juice of the bael is bursting with nutrition, deliciously cool and helps build immunity. Here’s a quick recipe to make bael sharbat at home.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Record high temperatures have been recorded in February this year. In its preparatory efforts to check the impact of rising heat on health, the Union Health Ministry has issued a set of advisories to the states and the Union Territories. Details here.
Record high temperatures have been recorded in February this year. In its preparatory efforts to check the impact of rising heat on health, the Union Health Ministry has issued a set of advisories to the states and the Union Territories. Details here.
By Rahul Jha
Farmers lose standing crops, homes and livestock to fires caused by stubble burning, short circuits and electricity theft. Rising temperatures and the westerly winds fan the flames in the summer season when the incidence of fires increases 40-50%.
Farmers lose standing crops, homes and livestock to fires caused by stubble burning, short circuits and electricity theft. Rising temperatures and the westerly winds fan the flames in the summer season when the incidence of fires increases 40-50%.
By Lovely Kumari
Millions of people in rural India are both ill-informed and ill-prepared to handle the heatwaves that are increasing in duration and frequency. SEEDS India is raising awareness amongst villagers in Bihar on simple measures they can adopt to protect themselves in the scorching summers.
Millions of people in rural India are both ill-informed and ill-prepared to handle the heatwaves that are increasing in duration and frequency. SEEDS India is raising awareness amongst villagers in Bihar on simple measures they can adopt to protect themselves in the scorching summers.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
In the 1990s, growing up in Uttar Pradesh was synonymous with devouring tasty Langda, Dussehri and Chausa mangoes with one's bare hands in the sweltering summer. I still swear by the langda
In the 1990s, growing up in Uttar Pradesh was synonymous with devouring tasty Langda, Dussehri and Chausa mangoes with one's bare hands in the sweltering summer. I still swear by the langda
By Nidhi Jamwal
The measure of rising heat in the country isn’t just colour coded heat stress maps or a bumper sale of air-conditioners. There is a human face to it and that face is often of a migrant worker, or a daily wage farm labourer. If you look closer, many of those faces belong to rural women.
The measure of rising heat in the country isn’t just colour coded heat stress maps or a bumper sale of air-conditioners. There is a human face to it and that face is often of a migrant worker, or a daily wage farm labourer. If you look closer, many of those faces belong to rural women.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Heat waves scorching parts of India during the summer season is not unheard of but temperature rising above 40 degrees celsius during the middle of March seems to be an unprecedented phenomenon. After a brief respite for a week, the country is now gearing for another episode of intense heat. Here's how climate change is making its presence felt in India' summer season this year.
Heat waves scorching parts of India during the summer season is not unheard of but temperature rising above 40 degrees celsius during the middle of March seems to be an unprecedented phenomenon. After a brief respite for a week, the country is now gearing for another episode of intense heat. Here's how climate change is making its presence felt in India' summer season this year.
By Pankaja Srinivasan
The pearl millet or kambu as it is called in Tamil Nadu is made into a simple, no-nonsense, cooling, filling and nutritious porridge with yoghurt, that is just perfect to beat the summers.
The pearl millet or kambu as it is called in Tamil Nadu is made into a simple, no-nonsense, cooling, filling and nutritious porridge with yoghurt, that is just perfect to beat the summers.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
गर्मी से बचने के लिए तरह-तरह के उपाय भी कर रहें हैं। लेकिन खुद के साथ ही अपने पालतू पशुओं को भी इन गर्म हवा से बचाकर रखें।
गर्मी से बचने के लिए तरह-तरह के उपाय भी कर रहें हैं। लेकिन खुद के साथ ही अपने पालतू पशुओं को भी इन गर्म हवा से बचाकर रखें।
By गाँव कनेक्शन
With the IMD officially declaring severe heatwave conditions in eastern Uttar Pradesh of which Ballia is a part of, at least 68 people in the district have been reported as dead and more than 400 have been hospitalised in the last 3 days. The deaths have sent alarm bells ringing but so far, the authorities have denied the heat wave to be the cause of this medical emergency. Similar reports are surfacing from Bihar which witnessed almost 50 such deaths. Details here.
With the IMD officially declaring severe heatwave conditions in eastern Uttar Pradesh of which Ballia is a part of, at least 68 people in the district have been reported as dead and more than 400 have been hospitalised in the last 3 days. The deaths have sent alarm bells ringing but so far, the authorities have denied the heat wave to be the cause of this medical emergency. Similar reports are surfacing from Bihar which witnessed almost 50 such deaths. Details here.