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A new study, which was released on 31 October 2019 claimed that extreme heat events precipitated by climate change may kill an additional 1.5 million people in India every year from 2100. However, not everybody agrees with huge increase in mortality projected by the study carried out by the Climate Impact Lab of the University of Chicago and the Tata Centre for Development at Chicago. The study said that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow at the current rates, India is projected to see a rapid increase in the number of extreme hot days by the turn of the next century, increasing mortality risks.