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Producing coarse grains can help mitigate climate change effects on food supply

As compared to rice, alternative grains are less sensitive to climate variability and their yields are not as affected.

Delhi govt extends summer holidays till 8 July for school students upto Class 8 due to heatwave

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday announced that summer holidays would be extended till 8 July for Delhi schools for students up to class eight. 'Due to weather conditions prevailing in Delhi, summer holidays have been extended by a week', he said. All India Weather Warning Bulletin said that the heat wave condition is likely to prevail over Delhi with minimum and maximum temperatures hovering around 32 degree Celsius and 43 degree Celsius, respectively with relative humidity of around 28 percent.

Eight of the fifteen hottest cities in the world are in India

Churu in Rajasthan, which leads to the Thar desert, has recorded the highest temperatures of 48.9 Celsius today.

Heatwave hits over half of India, with 15 cities among world's hottest; Pune sizzles at highest temp in 50 years

Bengaluru, where summer temperatures rarely crossed 26 degrees, is presently seeing temperatures hovering at around 40 degrees as are other regions in central Karnataka

Global temperature on track to rise by 3 to 5 degrees by 2100: UN Met Organisation

If we exploit all known fossil fuel resources, temperature rise will be much higher: UN WMO Chief.

Study indicates that change in temperature and rainfall patterns is adversely affecting Darjeeling tea production

The plant growth is adversely affected when the temperature goes above 32 degrees or drops below 13 degrees.

Erratic rainfall patterns is forcing farmers in Mizoram to move away from traditional farming

The dates for burning jhums (shifting cultivation) had to be shifted twice this year due to rains.

Heat wave in India: Climate change is here, prepare for irregular weather, says senior meteorologist

Firstpost spoke to Jeevanprakash Kulkarni, a senior meteorologist from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, who is presently associated with a forum called Satarkindia that issues warning based on various climatic scenarios