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A man carrying a child covers their heads with a cloth to protect themselves from the heat in Jammu. (AP Photo/ Channi Anand)

Heat stress is intensifying across Indian states, shows data [Analysis]

Poonguzhali R.P., Brinda Viswanathan, K.S. Kavi Kumar 22 Dec 2025
A cool bus stop in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Reimagining cooler cities that reduce inequalities [Commentary]

Rushalee Goswami 20 Oct 2025
As summer heat intensifies each year, studies find that tin and cement roofs increase indoor heat stress in rural households. Image by Premsagar Tasgaonkar.

Too hot to handle as rural houses turn heat traps

Arathi Menon 23 Jun 2025

Closing Bengaluru parks in the afternoons deprives outdoor workers of refuge from heat

Pragathi Ravi 20 May 2024