Another cold wave expected in North India
Some predictions suggest temperatures can dip as low as -4°C
More cold on the way for North India post-Christmas: IMD
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be affected
Delhi shivers at 3°C, season’s coldest; Rajasthan dips to -1.5°C
Cold wave over north, northwest Delhi to stay for next two days
Centre draws flak from Parliamentary panel over state of onion silos
The Standing Committee also noted that 51,582.74 million tonnes (MT) of onion had been damaged due to spoilage in the last three years
Severe cold kills five in 24 hours in Bihar, including two kids
Doctors report uptick in heart attack, brain stroke cases in three government hospitals
Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023
Haryana saw most damage to cropped area; Karnataka saw extreme cold events after a gap of over four decades
Extreme temperatures kill 5 million a year: 20-year study
Intense cold caused more deaths than intense heat but this is changing
Sustainable cold chains can address climate, food crises: UNEP & FAO report
Governments, cold chain stakeholders should collaborate to adopt systems approach, develop national cooling action plans
The cold supply chain can’t reach everywhere — that’s a big problem for equitable COVID-19 vaccination
Indian researchers are using an engineered protein fragment that is tolerant of high temperatures
Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business
As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …
After snowless December and January, March and April to rain fire on north India: Experts
This may lead to further food insecurity in a region already grappling with depleting Rabi crop production since past few years
Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates — here’s why
Sites from settlements such as Boxgrove in West Sussex offer clues about how ancient hominins survived northern climates
Cold waves claimed 76 times as many lives in India as heat waves in 2020
There has been a nearly 2.7 times increase in the number of cold wave days from 2017-2020
UP textbook meds for cold end up as COVID-19 cure at WhatsApp university
Zoology textbook discussed common cold, not COVID-19 disease
This Ladakhi village is growing organic watermelons; here is how
Army scientists helped Ladakhi farmers use mulching and changing climate to grow a hot weather fruit in a cold desert
Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex
While the world can expect fewer of severe cold events in the future, many regions need to remain prepared for exceptional cold when it does occur
To beat water shortage, these youths in Kinnaur’s cold desert created artificial glacier by watching YouTube videos
Himachal Pradesh is already showing signs of drought-like situation, with hardly any snow or rain this winter
Cold, damp and homeless in Delhi
As the national capital shivers in its coldest winter in a century, its homeless crowd around fires on pavements to pass the freezing nights
Better not to blow
Sneeze on
There is no cure for a cold
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