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New word of the day: Ameliorate, improve without the pressure of perfectionAmeliorate is a quiet but powerful word that captures the idea of improvement without perfection. In a world chasing instant fixes, it refl...17 Dec, 2025, 02.05 PM IST- Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: StudyFossil fuel and cement producers have contributed "significantly" to the growing number and intensity of climate-change-driven heatwaves, a...11 Sep, 2025, 07.40 AM IST
- AICC convention to start from Tuesday in Gujarat after six decadesAmidst a scorching heatwave, Congress is set to convene its All India session in Ahmedabad after 64 years, aiming to revitalize its dwindli...08 Apr, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
- No intent to repair Lincoln's melted statue in Washington DC, all you need to knowAmid the recently surging temperatures in the US, a wax statue of former American President Abraham Lincoln melted down right in front of a...28 Jun, 2024, 02.47 AM IST
- Foreign Office issues warning over spread of bacterial infection in the UKThe UK and other countries are dealing with the outbreak of meningococcal disease after it was detected in some individuals returning from ...26 Jun, 2024, 02.26 AM IST
- Real nation-breaking issue: Water crisisThis AAP-BJP skirmish over water, in the heat of election season, is the last thing suffering citizens deserve. It's yet another reflection...03 Jun, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
- India's plan of becoming the fastest-growing G20 nation may hinge on the weatherIndia's precarious balance between human ingenuity and environmental fragility is under threat as record-breaking temperatures and extreme ...31 May, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
- What's worse than heat and humidity? Heat and humidity on the subway.New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a 99.4% success rate repairing air conditioning on its subway cars, according to Richa...17 Jul, 2023, 11.15 AM IST
- Indian agri exports to depend heavily on normal monsoon to come close to $50 billion mark achieved last yearIndia also has to increase the shipment of other products that have a potential for upsizing — e.g., organic cereal, millets, select hortic...21 May, 2022, 10.27 PM IST
- Urban carbon emission: The rich are hot, the poor cool?It is the poor who are often blamed for their practices. It's time the rich do their bit to make our cities more bearable.22 Apr, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
- Five major heatwaves in 30 years has turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboardThe Great Barrier Reef is comprised of more than 3,000 individual reefs stretching for 2,300 kilometres, and supports more than 60,000 jobs...05 Nov, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
- Climate science report 'critical for success' of COP26: UN26 Jul, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
- Next big killer here already? Cooling pandemic offers little relief as unforgiving heatwave singes IndiaUpdated projections warn of unprecedented killer heatwaves on the near horizon, according to a 4,000-page Intergovernmental Panel on Climat...02 Jul, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
- After Covid, could the next big killer be heatwaves?The chilling report by the UN's climate science advisory panel paints a grim -- and deadly -- picture for a warming planet. If the world wa...23 Jun, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
- Why you cannot think when it is too hot13 Jul, 2018, 08.14 AM IST
- Cyclone Roanu is saviour of Odisha, West Bengal & Andhra Pradesh farmersAs per the latest forecast, monsoon is likely to arrive over the Indian mainland six days later than normal and hit the Kerala coast on Jun...23 May, 2016, 05.04 AM IST
- ’Ha(a)gen doesn’tUS ice cream major Haagen Dazs has managed to become the centre of a heated controversy.18 Dec, 2009, 05.54 AM IST
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