Heat Wave Delhi

Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he can't recall responding to as many fires as this summer.

Delhi has a habit of slinking into complacency when 'terrible' becomes just a notch better and gets categorised as 'bad'.

India heatwave death toll: India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country.

Persistent heat wave drove the national capital's peak power demand today afternoon to 8,647 MW, the highest ever for the city, discom officials said.

As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

A brutal heat wave swept Delhi, with the maximum temperature soaring to 45.2 degrees Celsius on Monday even as the weather office predicted some relief from the scorching heat from June 19.

Severe heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Punjab, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update.

The relative humidity oscillated between 37 per cent and 20 per cent during the day.

As the peak power demand breached the 8000 MW mark in Delhi for the first time ever on 29 May, the city refused to let the heat drag it down. While it was business as usual for air conditioned offices, it is a different story for blue collar workers.

The national capital reeled under heat wave conditions for the fifth day on Friday with the mercury soaring to 45.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

As the national capital reels under heat wave conditions, a local consumer court was forced to adjourn a case hearing with the judge finding it difficult to hear arguments due to excessive heat in the courtroom amid lack of air conditioning facilitie

As Delhi boils at scorching temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,000 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

Large parts of north India, including Haryana and the national capital, are reeling from severe heatwave conditions with temperatures touching 47.4 degrees Celsius in Delhi.

The relentless heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in parts of north India compelled the Meteorological Department to issue a 'red alert' in the city for the next five days.

A brutal heat wave swept swathes of northwest India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in west Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country.

Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he can't recall responding to as many fires as this summer.

Delhi has a habit of slinking into complacency when 'terrible' becomes just a notch better and gets categorised as 'bad'.

India heatwave death toll: India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country.

Persistent heat wave drove the national capital's peak power demand today afternoon to 8,647 MW, the highest ever for the city, discom officials said.

As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

A brutal heat wave swept Delhi, with the maximum temperature soaring to 45.2 degrees Celsius on Monday even as the weather office predicted some relief from the scorching heat from June 19.

Severe heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Punjab, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update.

The relative humidity oscillated between 37 per cent and 20 per cent during the day.

As the peak power demand breached the 8000 MW mark in Delhi for the first time ever on 29 May, the city refused to let the heat drag it down. While it was business as usual for air conditioned offices, it is a different story for blue collar workers.

The national capital reeled under heat wave conditions for the fifth day on Friday with the mercury soaring to 45.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

As the national capital reels under heat wave conditions, a local consumer court was forced to adjourn a case hearing with the judge finding it difficult to hear arguments due to excessive heat in the courtroom amid lack of air conditioning facilitie

As Delhi boils at scorching temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,000 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.

Large parts of north India, including Haryana and the national capital, are reeling from severe heatwave conditions with temperatures touching 47.4 degrees Celsius in Delhi.

The relentless heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in parts of north India compelled the Meteorological Department to issue a 'red alert' in the city for the next five days.

A brutal heat wave swept swathes of northwest India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in west Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country.