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India endures severe heatwave

Parts of northern and central India are sweltering under record temperatures with more than 37 cities recording temperatures over 45C this week.

As an intense heat wave sweeps across the north and west of India, Rahul Tandon looks at the impact of this on the world鈥檚 fastest growing economy.

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Talking about these - as well as other big business stories from around the world, Rahul Tandon is joined by Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg Senior Asia Correspondent in Hong Kong and Sushma Ramachandran, Independent journalist and columnist with the Tribune newspaper, in Delhi, India.
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