48° Heat, 360° Plan

Nithiyanandam Yogeswaran
May 21, 2026 | 20:16 IST

Rising temperatures are hurting people’s health, learning and productivity. This is a drag on the economy, but there’s no easy fix. We’ll need different strategies for each micro-region


India continues to face conventional national security threats from across its borders and within. But an equally serious, and far less visible, threat is intensifying in the background: extreme heat.
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