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#PAKISTAN: #INDIA:Unbearable heat wave at 127F & what is to be done? Arif Rafiq, GlobelyNews.com

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

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#PAKISTAN: #INDIA:Unbearable heat wave at 127F & what is to be done? Arif Rafiq, GlobelyNews.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/world/asia/pakistan-india-heat-wave.html

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0:00.0

This is CBS Island.

0:05.0

This is CBS Island the World.

0:07.0

I'm John Bachelor.

0:08.0

Reuters reporting from New Delhi.

0:10.0

Indian Prime Minister Norentra Modi's B.J.

0:13.2

Party, the Alliance, projected to win a big majority in the general election, concluded

0:19.6

over many days the exit polls indicate anywhere between 300 to 400 seats in the parliament.

0:27.0

Mr. Modi is his third election.

0:30.0

What does it mean for the subcontinent?

0:32.3

What does it mean for the subcontinent? What does it mean for right now the suffering that the Indian

0:36.4

people and the Pakistani people, the whole region is undergoing because of climate severity? I welcome Arafra Fique of climate severity.

0:42.8

I welcome Arafra Fique of globally news.

0:45.8

Arafra, very good evening to you, 127 degrees.

0:48.8

I saw that number this morning.

0:50.7

What does that mean for India, for for Kashmir for the region? Is this something they're used to? Good evening to you.

0:58.0

Hi John, thank you for having me on. Well, you know, this is a part of the world that's known for its heat both in terms of the temperature and the food

1:05.3

but these are extraordinary temperatures that the region has been experiencing and so in and for example in Pakistan in the city of Jacobabad the temperature hit somewhere around 126

1:17.5

127 degrees similarly in the northern Indian city of New Delhi and so much of this region which is home to the

1:26.0

world's largest concentration of people is uninhabitable by our standards and I think by the standards of most people and so this extreme

1:35.7

heat not only has health impacts but also has an impact on economic productivity.

1:43.9

And so I think the big challenge in this area

1:49.6

is not just the question of political order that is at the center of the transitions

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