Tag Archives: Tamil Nadu

The hidden heatwave

Posted on July 13, 2025 by

A heatwave is like the COVID-19 virus. During the pandemic, the virus infected and killed many people. When vaccines became available, the mortality rate dropped even though the virus continued to spread. But vaccines weren’t the only way to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged ambient temperature, COVID-19 pandemic, drinking water, heatwave, privatisation, public health, relative humidity, sugary beverages, Tamil Nadu, urinary tract infection, ventilation | Comments Off

Right to safe work

Posted on April 19, 2025 by

The maximum daytime temperatures in the Kalaburagi and Belagavi districts of Karnataka this week are expected to be 41º C and in the late 30sº C, respectively. Research has found that if the relative humidity is high enough to render … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis | Tagged Belagavi, extreme weather, heat action plans, heat injury, heat-related illness, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Priyank Kharge, social protection, Social welfare, Tamil Nadu, Telangana | Comments Off

Tamil Nadu’s lukewarm heatwave policy

Posted on November 21, 2024 by

From ‘Tamil Nadu heatwave policy is only a start’, The Hindu, November 21, 2024: Estimates of a heatwave’s deadliness are typically based on the extent to which the ambient temperature deviates from the historical average at a specific location and … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds, Science | Tagged comorbidities, COVID-19 pandemic, disaster relief, heat injury, heatwave, India Meteorological Department, natural disaster, State Disaster Response Fund, Tamil Nadu | Comments Off

Tamil Nadu’s lukewarm heatwave policy

Posted on November 1, 2024 by

The policy is only for heatwaves, and if it doesn’t expand in future to include the state’s own responsibility, Tamil Nadu will miss the forest for the trees. Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Op-eds | Tagged climate change, comorbidities, COVID-19 pandemic, heatwave, hyperthermia, Integrated Health Information Platform, National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health, State Disaster Response Fund, Tamil Nadu | Comments Off

Groundwater extinction

Posted on June 29, 2019 by

In a report published on June 14, 2018, NITI Aayog, a policy think-tank established by the Government of India, claimed that 21 Indian cities would run out of their supply of groundwater by 2020. The report, especially this statistic, went … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Chennai, groundwater, groundwater contamination, Joanna Slater, NITI Aayog, Tamil Nadu, The Washington Post, water crisis, World Bank | Comments Off