Rising temperature has made heatwaves more severe and common. ************************************* This year (2018), even before the summers had begun, the India Meteorological Department warned the districts of Raigad, Ratnagiri and Mumbai in Maharashtra about heatwave-like conditions. Temperatures in these districts are expected to touch 38°C. This is 6°C above the normal temperature for the summer months. Farmers and daily wage labourers are the worst-hit...