South Asia

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Pre-monsoon heat dome pushes South Asia and Gulf into emergency as wet-bulb readings near survivability limits

A stalled upper-level ridge has driven temperatures past 49 C across Pakistan, northwest India and the lower Gulf, with hospitals in three countries reporting more than 1,900 heat-related admissions in 72 hours and Iraqi returnee districts ordering daytime work bans.

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Cyclone Amphan III slams Bangladesh coast as evacuations clear two million from southern deltas

A powerful pre-monsoon cyclone roared ashore in southern Bangladesh on Sunday with sustained winds above 195 kilometers per hour, after an unprecedented evacuation of more than two million people from the Khulna and Barisal coastal belts shielded the country from what forecasters had warned could be the deadliest storm of the decade.

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South Asia heat dome pushes India and Pakistan into emergency mode as temperatures cross 47C

A heat dome covering large stretches of northern India and central Pakistan pushed daytime temperatures above 47 degrees Celsius on Friday, with health officials in both countries reporting at least 84 confirmed heat-related deaths since the start of the week and hospitals in Lahore and Lucknow extending emergency triage protocols.

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Pre-monsoon heatwave grips South Asia as Delhi tops 46C and power grids strain

A brutal pre-monsoon heatwave pushed temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius across northern India and eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 73 people in three days, forcing rolling blackouts in four Indian states and shutting schools from Karachi to Patna.

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South Asia heatwave shatters April records as grid and water systems strain from Karachi to Kolkata

A punishing pre-monsoon heatwave pushed temperatures past 47 degrees Celsius across a 2,000-kilometer arc of South Asia on Tuesday, shattering April records in more than two dozen cities and overwhelming hospitals, power grids and municipal water systems from Sindh through the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Pre-Monsoon Heatwave Grips South Asia as April Temperatures Shatter Records From Karachi to Kolkata

An early-season heatwave pushed daytime temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius across a 1,400-mile band of South Asia on Thursday, killing at least 71 people across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and prompting school closures from Sindh to West Bengal.

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India Winds Down Gulf Evacuation Airlift as New Delhi Recalibrates Post-War Energy Strategy

India said Tuesday it would scale down the chartered evacuation airlift that has carried more than 38,000 nationals out of the Gulf since early March, as New Delhi began publicly mapping a post-war recalibration of crude purchases and labor diplomacy.

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India Watches Warily as Pakistan Claims Diplomatic Spotlight Over Iran Talks

New Delhi has begun a quiet but pointed diplomatic push to remind Western and Gulf partners of its own regional weight, as Pakistan's high-profile hosting of the Islamabad peace talks on the Iran war reshapes South Asia's geopolitical optics.

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