India’s Bihar has a plan for extreme heat. Why are so many people dying?

Published on June 5, 2024

Despite the existence of a heat plan in a key Indian state and visible improvement in multiple health centres, brutal heat claimed dozens of lives as officials were distracted by elections.

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