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Heatwaves are only going to worsen, warn scientists. Are Indian cities prepared?

There is a good chance you would have experienced one or more of the regional heatwaves that started this spring and have already turned this summer into India’s hottest ever. And, if you are as unfortunate as me, you would have travelled a lot in the last two months, coinciding with peaks of local heatwaves.
In March, I arrived in Mumbai on the day its temperature hit 40 degrees Celsius. Hot desert-like winds blew through a city whose signature is its marine humidity. There were wildfires on hillocks near the city’s suburb of Powai and chatter that day temperatures in …

India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.