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India-built AC cools efficiently even at 50°C, clears pilot ahead of launch

As heatwaves tighten their grip, optimist’s next-gen cooling system clears pilot tests, eyes market launch after 18 months of intensive engineering with IIT Delhi.

India tops global heat chart with highest number of hottest cities

Low-lying Pacific nation Tuvalu faces risk of submergence due to rising seas: UN

Delhi shatters 14-year April rain record as surprise storm cools city, heat set to roar back

Strong western disturbance to bring rain, hailstorms across northwest India: IMD

A powerful western disturbance driven by unusual U-shaped jet stream patterns is set to impact northwest India, bringing rain, thunderstorms, and hailstorms while lowering temperatures across several regions till early next week.

Western disturbances trigger nationwide rain alert with hailstorms and gusty winds

IMD warns of intense weather spell till April 5 as Kashmir, northwest, central and southern regions brace for heavy rain, lightning and temperature swings.

India strengthens climate goals, targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power by 2035

Union Cabinet approves updated climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, pledging deeper emissions cuts, higher clean energy share, and expanded carbon sinks for the 2031–2035 period.

UN confirms 2015–2025 as hottest decade, warns of climate ‘emergency’

The UN’s weather agency has confirmed that the past decade was the hottest on record, with greenhouse gas levels at historic highs and key climate indicators signalling an accelerating global crisis.

Rare 1,000-km rain band triggers storms across India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

An unusual straight-line western disturbance stretching across three countries has brought thunderstorms, gusty winds and rain to north India, lowering temperatures and prompting weather alerts amid an otherwise early summer trend.

Western disturbance flips March weather, delays early summer with rain across north

Rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds across north India have eased early heat concerns, with IMD indicating continued wet spells till March-end as multiple western disturbances remain active over the region.