‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:00:44 GMT

Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research saysExtreme heat is pushing some of India’s poorest workers further into poverty, with income losses of up to 9% for outdoor workers, new research has found.Analysis done by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that extreme heat is acting as a “poverty multiplier” for hundreds of millions of workers in India’s informal sector. Continue reading...

Read the full article at www.theguardian.com →

The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center-Left: ‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: Changing face of the Peloponnese: backdrop to The Odyssey braces for tourism surge — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: ‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband — www.theguardian.com
Right: A new threat on American streets: Inside the rise of Indian gangs — www.theblaze.com

← Back to FlashTopics.com