Scorching heat brings trouble for tourists

There was no let-up in heatwave conditions in large swathes of India on Monday, with Rajasthan's Churu remaining the hottest in the country at 50.3 degrees Celsius. Temperatures remained three to five notches above normal in Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, while there was slight relief for Odisha and Telangana after the states received scattered rains. The maximum temperature in Delhi was 40.6 degrees Celsius. The Palam Observatory recorded a high of 42.6 degrees Celsius.