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A nurse notes the measurements after checking vital signs of a pregnant woman during her routine check up at Zaheerabad health care center which runs on rooftop solar power, in Raichur, India, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. In semi-urban and rural regions of India and other developing countries with unreliable power grids, decentralized renewable energy — especially solar — is making all the difference in delivering modern health care. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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As India's electrical grid strains, rural hospitals and clinics find reliable power in rooftop solar
By SIBI ARASU - Associated Press
Tue,05/23/23-9:03PM , 181 Reads
RAICHUR, India (AP) — In the searing heat that often envelops Raichur, an ancient town in southern India, a ceiling fan that spins without interruption brings sweet relief for the newborn babies and their mothers at the Government Maternity Hospital.
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Cricket fans cover their heads with a long scarf to shield themselves from heat during an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match in Lucknow, India, April 22, 2023. A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday, May 17. (AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav, File)

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Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
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Wed,05/17/23-6:17AM , 164 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday.
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A couple walk on a hill called 'Teletubbies Hill', a locally popular tourist attraction, as the chimneys of Suralaya coal power plant looms in the background, in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy transition to avoid catastrophic climate change that puts its own development at risk, according to a new report Thursday, April 27, from the Asian Development Bank. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Bank: Asia must quit coal faster to stem worst climate woes
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Thu,04/27/23-1:00AM , 297 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy transition to avoid catastrophic climate change that puts its own development at risk, according to a new report Thursday from the Asian Development Bank.
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Ajay Banga, then-president and CEO of MasterCard, speaks during the U.S. Africa Business Forum during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Aug. 5, 2014. The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business success there, a fact supporters say gives Banga valuable insight into the challenges faced by the developing countries the bank is supposed to help. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?
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Thu,04/13/23-1:13AM , 1,418 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business success there, a fact supporters say gives Ajay Banga valuable insight into the challenges faced by the developing countries the bank is supposed to help.
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