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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Summer arrives early and puts India’s staple wheat crop at risk

India is entering an unusually early summer yet again with March expected to be one of the hottest on record, weather officials warn.

Meteorologists say that key wheat-growing regions in central and northern India could see temperatures rise up to 6C above average.

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