Extreme Heat in India
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has to go to hospital
Amid a heat wave in India, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan suffered heatstroke. He was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday, police said, according to local media outlets such as the PTI news agency and the “Hindustan Times.”
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The 58-year-old actor had been watching a cricket match with his children in the state of Gujarat shortly before, in which the Kolkata Knight Riders—a team he co-owns—had won.
Temperatures in the state and other parts of the country are currently exceeding 45 degrees. According to the IANS news agency, Khan’s condition was stable on Thursday.
World’s Largest Election in India
According to experts, extreme heat is also fueled by climate change. In addition to cricket matches, the world’s largest election is currently taking place amid such high temperatures. Some 970 million eligible voters are called upon to cast their ballots at more than one million polling stations to determine the composition of the lower house.
Polls predict a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party. Due to the country’s size—India is the world’s most populous country with 1.4 billion inhabitants—the election will last six weeks and take place in seven phases.
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