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A father tries to calm his daughter suffering from a heat-related ailment as she is brought to the government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, June 19, 2023. The official number of heat deaths listed in government reports barely scratches the surface of the true toll and that's affecting future preparations for similar swelters, according to public health experts. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

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India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
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Thu,07/04/24-12:15AM , 61 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds dead or ill.
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A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

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Climate change makes India's monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?
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Fri,06/21/24-9:20PM , 75 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India's southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers' thirsty fields.
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A farmer rides his bullock cart toward his home in Dhondrai village, Beed district, India, Saturday, May 4, 2024. India's 120 million farmers share fast-shrinking water resources as groundwater is pumped out faster than rain can replenish it. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Farmers in India are weary of politicians' lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis
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Thu,05/23/24-8:06PM , 73 Reads
BEED, India (AP) — On a stifling hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate conditions that led her husband to take his own life. It's the hottest and driest summer in years, she said, and for farm workers that often means little to no income, rising debts and intolerable heat.
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Vaibhav Maske, a farmer, carries water in a vessel at his farm outside Beed, India, Friday, May 3, 2024. Voters in India, from the rain-drenched Himalayas in the north to the sweltering, dry south, are looking for politicians who promise relief, stability and resilience to the wide-ranging and damaging effects of a warming climate. Maske said local and federal governments need to prioritize providing a water source for farming. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue
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Sun,05/19/24-9:14PM , 56 Reads
BEED, India (AP) — Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasin
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