India’s capital shuts schools because of smog
- 18-Nov-2024
NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity’s health crisis. Levels of PM2.5 pollutants — dangerous cancer-causing microparticles that enter the bloodstream through the lungs — were recorded at 57 times above the World Health […]
Thousands in heatwave-hit Bangladesh pray for rain
- 24-Apr-2024
DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered to pray for rain on Wednesday in the middle of an extreme heatwave that prompted authorities to shut down schools around the country. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. Bangladesh’s weather bureau says that average maximum temperatures […]
Sindh to decide about closure of schools after Nov 23, says Ghani
- 21-Nov-2020
The Sindh Education department's steering committee met with Saeed Ghani in chair but failed to decide about the closure of schools, said sources.