Tag: Water scarcity

Water scarcity, tin sheds worsen heat stress in Delhi shelter homes

May 19, 2026 admin

Residents say water scarcity, inadequate cooling infrastructure and heat-trapping tin sheds worsen summer conditions. | Photo Credit: Shubhangi Kshitizia Saurav/Mahima Rao Behind the main compound of Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in central Delhi, a narrow lane past a small kiosk leads to a women’s shelter run by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). Inside the…

Nation

Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns, Typhoons, Warn Scientists

July 26, 2024 admin

Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared Singapore: Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year’s most powerful typhoon this week, with…

World

Managing our resources with AI

March 2, 2024 admin

The proposed Pennar-Palar-Cauvery link canal connects the Mahanadi and Godavari rivers with the deficit rivers further south These days, the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere. The public has come to view it with mixed perceptions. On one side, it is a problem-solver: AI has helped in monitoring heart problems and eye conditions…

Science