SYDNEY — At major events around the world, scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. Older men, their shirts loosened, lying with their eyes closed. Aid tents full of unconscious people. And lines of believers – whether seeking religion, music, ballot boxes or sports – sweat under patches of shade. The consequences … Read more
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Every year from June to September, a heavy rainstorm makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. India’s monsoon season is perhaps the most important weather phenomenon for the country, and a good monsoon can noticeably boost the country’s economy and the livelihoods of … Read more
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Every year from June to September, a heavy rainstorm makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. India’s monsoon season is perhaps the most important weather phenomenon for the country, and a good monsoon can noticeably boost the country’s economy and the livelihoods of … Read more
Watch: ‘I’m on a gap year at 31 – it’s never too late to travel’ A woman taking a solo gap year at the age of 31 hopes to help ‘break’ the stigma that travel is only for the young. India Jolly, from Plymouth, Devon, had always wanted to travel around South East Asia, but … Read more
Jofra Archer will play for England on his home island of Barbados for the first time since his teenage years – Getty Images/Gareth Copley The official motto for the tournament is ‘out of this world’, but it should be ‘this really matters’, because a World Cup tests character far more than the homogenous franchise competitions … Read more
Claim: Authentic photos show wild cannabis growing naturally and abundantly in the Himalayas. Judgement: Rating: true Social media users on platforms like Reddit and Instagram have widely spread the claim that wild cannabis grows naturally and abundantly in the Himalayas. Users in communities such as r/pics and r/trees have shown images of cannabis plants blooming … Read more
In the summer of 2010, Anuvab Pal wrote an article about the opening of the Comedy Store in Mumbai, impresario Don Ward’s attempt to introduce British-style stand-up to India. Pal, then working mainly as a screenwriter, went to interview Ward, whose legendary London venue was a cradle of alternative comedy in the 1980s. He told … Read more
Nine hours and 30 minutes before New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, Indian clocks have officially stayed below the hour when calculating the time difference with most countries. And while it is part of a small group of countries … Read more
In sweltering Brazil, the worst floods ever killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about four million inhabitants. Voters and politicians at the world’s biggest elections in India are fainting from heat that can reach 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heat wave has closed schools in the Philippines, killed people … Read more