Noida: School children walk under an umbrella while going to school during pre-monsoon showers in Noida on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Noida: A family rides a motorcycle through rain as pre-monsoon showers lash the city in Noida on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Noida: A man carries a child under an umbrella as pedestrians make their way during pre-monsoon showers in Noida on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Noida: Commuters walk under umbrellas as pre-monsoon showers lash the city on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Noida: Commuters walk under umbrellas as pre-monsoon showers lash the city on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Noida: Commuters walk under umbrellas as pre-monsoon showers lash the city on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Dhanbad: A woman holding an umbrella walks amid rain in Dhanbad. (Photo: IANS)

Ghaziabad: Dark monsoon clouds hover over the skyline above under-construction buildings in Wave City, Ghaziabad, on Thursday, July 02, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

New Delhi: School students shield themselves with an umbrella while travelling on a road as rainfall brings respite from the scorching heatwave conditions in New Delhi on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS/PremNath Pandey)

New Delhi: A street vendor shields himself with a tarpaulin sheet on a road as rainfall brings respite from the scorching heatwave conditions in New Delhi, on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Prem Nath Pandey)

New Delhi: Commuters shield themselves with a cloth while travelling on a road as rainfall brings respite from the scorching heatwave conditions in New Delhi on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Photo: IANS/PremNath Pandey)