Summer hammers price of eggs
Scorching heat has taken its toll on poultry too making even eggs costlier.
The price of the common man’s commodity has been on the upswing for the last few weeks and is expected to shoot up furth
AP swelters, 38 fall to heat
According to official records from the State Epidemic Cell, 38 people have died from heatstroke so far this summer.
Most of the deaths have been from coastal Andhra and a few Telangana districts. In
People throng pool as summer rages
Chennai bore the brunt of the prevailing heat wave on Saturday with the soaring summer heat lasting well into the evening and making life tough even after sunset.
While Regional Meteorological Centr
Water shortage in city takes a turn for the worse
The city’s water problem is turning acute as a large number of borewells have dried up, with experts attributing the worsening situation to the absence of rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures. Hydera
Summer, power cuts heat up city
Heat-wave-like conditions are likely in the state in a couple of days. While the maximum temperatures in the city and in some districts fell by a degree or two in the last few days, the highest temper
Convulsions target children as mercury level soars
Paediatricians in the city are having their hands full as the soaring mercury levels has brought with it a variety of ailments that mostly impact children.
Doctors are seeing an increasing number of
Heat-stress cases flood doctors in Chennai
With the mercury inching towards the 40-degree mark, city doctors are receiving cases of heat stress, especially in patients with heart disease and long-term diabetes. Even as the summer is known to s
Frequent power cuts severely affect city’s water supply
It is a triple whammy for the city – hot summer, power cuts and water shortage. Bengaluru that had already been struggling with water crisis has been given a raw deal with frequent and long power cut
The hottest April
Its a scorching sun out there in a clear blue sky most days, leaving Bengalureans looking for some signs of impending rain, disappointed. Monday was by far one of the hottest days with the temperatur
Early summer makes excise officials happy
While the mercury’s early northward march since March has led to discomfort for people in general, the excise department officials must be salivating, as liquor sales show an upward trend for the same