India: Life in a heatwave(s)

As we enter the month of May, heatwaves continue across the country, taking temperatures to all-time-highs. Heatwaves themselves aren't a new phenomenon, but due to climate change, they are now occurr...

May 13, 2022, 14:26 IST1 min

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A vet provides medicine to an eagle at Jivdaya Charitable Trust, a non-governmental rehabilitation centre for birds and animals, after it was dehydrated due to heat du...

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A watermelon seller drinks a cold drink as he waits for customers on a hot summer afternoon in Allahabad on May 9, 2022.

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An elephant takes a shower inside its enclosure on a hot summer day at Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai on May 8, 2022.

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A woman walks by a dry pond on a hot day in Mauharia village in the Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022.&nbsp

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People and cattle take refuge under a bridge at the Yamuna River bed on a hot summer day in New Delhi, on May 10, 2022. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of a fresh...

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A student prepares herself to journey on her cycle by covering her face and head to protect herself from the heat and Covid-19 on her way to school on a hot afternoon in Odisha"s c...

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Two men sleep on a roadside bed with a table fan amid a heatwave in Kolkata, India, on April 25, 2022. Maximum and minimum temperatures in Kolkata were 38 degree Celsius and 28 deg...

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Labourers drink water from a public drinking water tap on a hot summer day in the old quarters of Delhi, on May 4, 2022.

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People carry water containers near an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in Allahbad District of Uttar Pradesh, on May 4, 2022.

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A man breaks a block of ice to distribute it among the residents of a slum during hot weather in Ahmedabad, on April 28, 2022.

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A potter makes earthen pots at Kumbharwada in Bhiwandi village as demand for these pots have increased due to the rise in temperature during the heat wave in Thane, on April 7, 202...

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A boy is seen sitting outside a juice shop as he waits for customers, in Kolkata, on 29 April 2022.

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