Temperatures in India’s capital, New Delhi, have risen to 52.3 degrees Celsius, a new record. A spokesman for the Indian Meteorological Department told dpa the that the temperature, which was recorded in the Mungeshpur district at 2:30 pm on Wednesday, had never been registered in the city since measurements began over a century ago. In addition to New Delhi, large parts of the rest of northern India are currently experiencing a heatwave. Some regions of the world’s most populous country, with 1.4 billion inhabitants, are struggling with water shortages. The water level in dozens of reservoirs…