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Indian Institute for Human Settlements, says the situation it describes, of the impact of high temperature and humidity, is a cause for concern in India. “As relative humidity increases, it will become harder for us to perspire and reject heat from our bodies.” In such situations, the only cooling technology that works is air conditioning, but less than 10% of Indian households have ACs, which, in turn, expel heat and contribute to warming. As this year’s summer, with its extended heat waves and record temperatures, warns, how to adapt to a warmer world is no longer a hypothetical question.

Singapore is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, with authorities recording over 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung advised the public to wear masks again on Saturday.

Singapore High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting in North East Delhi and called it "electrifying." In the pictures shared by Simon Wong, PM Modi waved at the people who came to listen to his address while people in the audience held BJP flag. In a post on X, Simon Wong stated, «Front row seats w fellow diplomatic colleagues to watch the world's largest democracy in action. Electrifying! Thank you @BJP4India, @vijai63 for the opportunity. — HC Wong.»

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked BJP's Amethi Lok Sabha seat candidate and sitting MP Smriti Irani, alleging that the region has «suffered» in the last five years as the BJP never thought about its development. She was here to seek support for Congress' candidate from the seat Kishori Lal Sharma, who she said has «dedicated his entire life to Amethi». Priyanka Gandhi, who is a general secretary in the Congress, held a roadshow in Jasi town on the last day of campaigning for the seat that goes to polls on May 20 in the fifth round of the seven-phase general elections. «He (Sharma) has been associated with Amethi for the last 40 years. He was associated with my father (Rajiv Gandhi) here, he also worked with my mother (Sonia Gandhi) and my elder brother Rahul Gandhi. He has dedicated his entire life to Amethi,» she said while addressing a gathering.

Top news of the day: On 18 May, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. Several foreign students, including those from Pakistan, are reportedly still facing threats from locals in Kyrgyzstan. Singapore is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, as authorities recorded more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11.

Singapore is seeing a new COVID-19 wave as the authorities recorded more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11 even as Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Saturday advised the wearing of masks again. «We are at the beginning part of the wave where it is steadily rising,» said Ong. «So, I would say the wave should peak in the next two to four weeks, which means between mid- and end of June,» The Straits Times newspaper quoted the minister as saying. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the estimated number of COVID-19 cases in the week of May 5 to 11 rose to 25,900 cases, compared with 13,700 cases in the previous week.

IMD Update: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert for ‘severe’ heat in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan over the next five days. The weather agency has also issued a red alert for ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall in parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu from 19-21 May. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the IMD also forecasted that the southwest monsoon will likely advance into the South Andaman Sea.

Delhi experienced scorching temperatures on Friday, with the mercury reaching a blistering 47.4 degrees Celsius in the Najafgarh area, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This made Najafgarh the hottest place in the country. The extreme heatwave led to eight stations in Delhi surpassing the 45-degree mark, leaving residents struggling in the sweltering conditions. In response to the forecasted heatwave, an orange alert has been issued for the city, indicating the expectation of heatwave conditions in certain areas over the next two days.

PTI. According to the report, the mercury breached 45 degrees Celsius at 19 places in Rajasthan, 18 in Haryana, eight in Delhi and two in Punjab. The conditions are expected to turn worse as severe heat waves over the northwest Indian plains are predicted to continue during the next five days, said the report. ALSO READ: Heatwave alert in India till May 18, southwest Monsoon to advance from May 19.

On Friday, President Vladimir Putin expressed concern that the U.S. sanctions policy was eroding confidence in the dollar. He highlighted that Russia and China were exploring solutions to prevent the imposition of measures against Chinese banks from disrupting their growing trade.

Sensex and Nifty and sudden spikes in fear index India VIX, Dalal Street investors have apparently been more worried about voter turnout percentages than earnings growth of India Inc in the March quarter. «There are an awful lot of doomsayers out there that say that they (BJP) are not going to get 250 (seats) and INDIA (alliance) is going to get the majority. If that happens, then the market is in for a bit of a dive which is why you have got these shorts happening,» says Pashupati Advani, Founder, Global Foray.

Indian regulators are pro-actively driving a dynamic and multifaceted transformation within the real estate sector. A wave of progressive regulatory reforms including implementation of the RERA Act (2016) for enhancing developer responsibility, GST for streamlining taxation, REIT regulations (2014) for paving a new asset class have all helped in fostering accessibility, transparency and stability for discerning investors.

maximum temperatures ranged between 40-42°C in various regions, including parts of Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Rajasthan, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, and Vidarbha. Additionally, isolated areas in Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Uttar Pradesh also recorded similar temperatures.

Kolkata street last month, commuters sought refuge inside a glass-walled bus shelter where two air conditioners churned around stifling air. Those inside were visibly sweating, dabbing at their foreheads in sauna-like temperatures that were scarcely cooler than out in the open. Local authorities initially had plans to install as many as 300 of the cooled cabins under efforts to improve protections from a heat season that typically runs from April until the monsoon hits the subcontinent in June. There are currently only a handful in operation, and some have been stripped of their AC units, leaving any users sweltering. “It doesn’t work,” Firhad Hakim, mayor of the city of 15 million in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, said on a searing afternoon when temperatures topped 40C. “You feel suffocated.”

Piyush Goyal, contesting a Lok Sabha election for the first time, asserted on Wednesday that he will surely win — but almost entirely because of the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that this election will determine the fate of India. «I recognise that we are all subsumed under Mr Modi's performance… It is gradually dawning on people that this is Modi's election,» Goyal told PTI during a road show — a slow crawling journey atop a decked up pickup truck that wound its way through a ward of Borivali in the Mumbai North constituency. Goyal, a Rajya Sabha member and a veteran manager of many an election campaign, including that of Lal Krishna Advani in 1989, replaced incumbent Gopal Shetty as BJP's candidate for the constituency. The elections are due on May 20. With four days left for campaigning, which ends on the evening of May 18, Goyal is crisscrossing all the assembly segments of the constituency every day in his truck in a set pattern: every morning, a few hundred party workers wearing orange caps, BJP scarves hanging down their shoulders and lotus sticker on their clothing, gather at the starting point of the road show.

Nifty on Wednesday ended 17 points lower to form a high wave type candle on the daily chart. The index largely traded sideways and failed to generate any significant directional breakout. The short-term trend of Nifty continues to be up. Further consolidation or minor dip in the market is expected before showing further upmove. A sustainable move above the immediate resistance of 22,300 levels is likely to open the doors for the higher target of 22,600 levels in the near term. Immediate support is at 22,070 level, said Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

«He's like, 'Oh, I had to fly commercial. I didn't have these charter flights.' Or, 'Oh, these guys are making $40 million. Like, my contract was only — I don't know, $10 million.' And he kind of sounds disgruntled,» Bird said on NPR's «Fresh Air» last month. Bird, who retired from the WNBA after the 2022 season, cannot wait to toss out her own back-in-my-day tales.

Researchers around the world are racing to create large wind turbines and floating platforms as upcoming lease auctions bring offshore wind closer to reality

A violent solar flare has reminded us just what changes in the sun’s surface conditions can do to us. Strong solar storms can bring down power infrastructure, communications and disrupt navigation—facets through which the modern world functions. Mint explains: Most solar flares are violent storms of plasma material on the sun’s surface, creating a strong gust of charged particles, or solar ‘wind’, through space.

Model Code of Conduct in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls, popular Telugu actor Allu Arjun on Tuesday said he went to the Nandyal district to support his friend and YSRCP constituency candidate S Ravi Chandra Kishore Reddy but isn't affiliated to any political party. On Saturday, the «Pushpa» star waved to a large crowd from a balcony with the YSRCP candidate and also posted a message on X in his favour. The Andhra Pradesh Police booked a case against the «Pushpa: The Rise» star on Saturday under IPC Section 188 the same day. Arjun said he remains neutral and supports «my people» including Janasena Party founder and actor-uncle Pawan Kalyan, regardless of their political affiliations.

The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has begun in Manhattan federal court as dozens of prospective jurors who claimed jury service would be a hardship were questioned one by one over a six-hour stretch