heatwave in India

A woman pours water on her head after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
South Asia

India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come

Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius

A girl selling water uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she waits for customers on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
South Asia

58 more die of heat stress as mercury soars across India

A woman pours water on her head after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
South Asia

India says Delhi's record 52.9°C temperature last week was wrong by 3°C

People wait in lines to cast their votes at a polling station during the sixth phase of India’s general election in New Delhi, India, May 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
South Asia

India's massive election faces heatwave challenge in penultimate phase

A worker carries a sack of wheat for sifting at a grain mill on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
Global Economy

India's wheat output dented by heatwave, could limit government stock building

People cool themselves in a canal in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 29. Photo: CNN
Environment

India and Pakistan heatwave is 'testing the limits of human survivability'