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India endures severe heatwave

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

Provisional reports say that Temperatures have reached fifty-two degrees centigrade in the Indian capital, Delhi, as an intense heatwave sweeps across the north and west of the country. Rahul Tandon looks at how it鈥檚 affecting the lives of people there - and the economy.

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