An excruciating pre-monsoon heat wave is baking large parts of India, with temperatures routinely breaching 45 C and topping 47 C in many states, causing human and economic distress and even some deaths due to heatstroke.

Doctors say hospitals are filling up with patients suffering from heat exhaustion and other heat-related conditions, with people unable to find any respite at night. Stuti Mishra…

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned of the dangers of “extreme heat” gripping the world’s most populous country on Wednesday, with troops battling forest fires…