India, May 22 -- The scorching summer heat has made life extremely difficult for residents of the national capital and surrounding areas, with Delhi-NCR reeling under an intense heatwave. Not only daytime temperatures but nighttime temperatures are also at record levels.

Thursday recorded the warmest night in the month of May in nearly 14 years as the minimum temperature settled at 31.9 degrees Celsius.

The last time the minimum temperature was higher than this was on May 26, 2012, when the minimum temperature settled at 32.5 degrees Celsius.

A 24-year-old man from West Bengal has become the first heatstroke patient to be admitted to Delhi's Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital this season. According to Dr Ajay Chauhan, Director Professor of ...