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The month of March is yet to pass, but before that the capital of the country is already is in a bad condition. In Delhi, the summer has already started showing its colour in such a way that all the previous records have been broken in the month of March. 

The temperature in Delhi crossed 40 degrees on Monday for the first time in 76 years.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a statement saying that for the first time since 1945, Delhi has witnessed such hot weather. According to IMD, on March 29, mercury in Delhi reached 40.1 degree Celsius. Not only this, but hot summer winds have also started in the capital, which usually starts in late April.

The weather agency says that due to strong winds on Tuesday, Delhiites can get some relief from the heat. Notably, for the past one week, mercury was continuously rising. The temperature of Delhi was recorded at the beginning of last week at 30, but since then the mercury was continuously going up. 

The war of words between allies -- Shiv Sena and Congress -- in Maharashtra got murkier on Saturday after state Congress chief Nana Patole took a dig at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut over the latter's suggestion to make Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar the chief of United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Speaking to reporters in Delhi earlier this week, Sanjay Raut had made the suggestion of strengthening UPA by making Sharad Pawar the chief of the alliance.

For the first time in Tamil Nadu, a state whose politics has revolved around personalities, the upcoming Assembly election is being held without heavyweights DMK's M Karunanidhi or AIADMK's Jayalalithaa, two of the most towering leaders of the state.

Tamil Nadu will vote for all 234 Assembly seats in a single-phase election on 6 April and the counting of votes will take place on 2 May.

This time around, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (AIADMK) has joined hands with the BJP and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to contest the polls.

On the other hand, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party led alliance includes the CPM, CPI, the Dalit party VCK, IUML, another Muslim party MMK, and Vaiko’s MDMK.

Bharat Biotech has written to the central government to seek funds worth Rs 100 crore to ramp up production of the coronavirus vaccine, 'Covaxin'. Sources also confirmed to India Today TV that the Serum Institute of India (SII) has also verbally requested for funds from the government's Covid Suraksha scheme to increase their production.

a close up of a hand holding a glass: Indian pharma firms Bharat Biotech, SII seek funds worth ₹100 crore to ramp up Covid vaccine production

Currently, Bharat Biotech is producing 4 million doses of Covaxin per month at their Hyderabad-based plant. A government-appointed inter-ministerial panel on vaccine manufacturing and scaling up of production has reviewed the manufacturing facility of Bharat Biotech.