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  Studies link stroke with extreme temperatures, night-time heat

  Health | May 23, 2024 17:03 IST

  Harvard research links extreme temperatures to stroke deaths, with higher risk in low-income nations. The study analyzed millions of stroke deaths across 25 countries. Night-time heat also raises stroke risk, especially for elderly and women, according to a separate European study.

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  High temperatures can result in heat rashes; five ayurvedic remedies to treat them

  Health | April 09, 2023 15:00 IST

  Heat rashes are a common skin disease during the summer. It is caused by the hot climate, excess sweat, and tight clothes. Here are five ayurvedic remedies to heal heat rashes.

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  Prolonged high temperatures could worsen inflation, hurt growth: Moody's

  Business | May 24, 2022 11:04 IST

  A rise in prices across all items from fuel to vegetables and cooking oil pushed WPI or wholesale price inflation to a record high of 15.08 per cent in April and retail inflation to a nearly eight-year high of 7.79 per cent.  

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  At 43.6° Celsius, Delhi breaks 90 years record of highest temperature in July

  India | July 02, 2021 10:19 IST

  Delhi on Thursday sizzled under heatwave conditions with the maximum temperature settling at 43.6 degrees Celsius.

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  Dry weather prevails in UP, Banda hottest at 47.2 degrees Celsius

  India | June 05, 2019 22:11 IST

  Hot and dry weather persisted over Uttar Pradesh, with Banda recording the highest temperature in the state at 47.2 degrees Celsius -- five notches above normal, the India Meteorological Department said.

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  Australian Open to have new 'heat policy'

  Tennis | January 08, 2015 16:08 IST

  Sydney: With temperatures soaring over 40 degrees Celsius in the last edition of the Australian Open, the tournament organisers have introduced a new 'heat policy' this time around to ensure players' do not suffer in