 "A policeman on duty in New Delhi on Monday | Photo:pti")
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi recorded a temperature of 48 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is the highest at the airport in the last century for the month of June.
Monday’s temperature breached the previous all-time high (for June) of 47.8 C recorded exactly five years ago on June 9, 2014, official data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows.
The all-time record for all months in Delhi (airport region) is 48.4 degrees Celsius recorded in May 1998.
In the entire swathe of the northern plains, from Amritsar in Punjab to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, maximum temperatures neared or breached their
