AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus in the summer months in this western Indian city can be like sitting in an oven. That makes it a treat when he steps off and ...

Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint. (Photo courtesy Mahila Housing Trust) This is your first of three free ...

Temperatures are skyrocketing in India, as a result of climate change. Sadly, this has resulted in a 150 percent increase in the number of heat waves, killing thousands of people in recent years. To ...

It’s common sense: When it’s hot outside, don’t put on a dark shirt—wear white instead. A team of researchers at Purdue University has put this common knowledge to work to figure out ways to cool ...

Local residents crowd to collect free drinking water supplied by a municipal corporation water tanker at a slum on a hot summer day in New Delhi June 16, 2014. India has long suffered deadly heatwaves ...