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AHMEDABAD: There has been no respite from the icy chills as cold wave prevailed across the state again on Sunday and minimum temperatures continued to plummet at various places.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensation for loss of crops, 18/12/2015. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is concerned with coordination of relief measures necessitated by drought, hailstorm, pest attack, cold wave/frost. The details of financial assistance approved State-wise by the Government of India from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the last three years are at Annexure.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under an intense cold wave on Tuesday, with the night temperature dropping to three degrees Celsius in Kanpur - the lowest in 44 years - the Met office said

INDORE: The Indoreans felt the nip in the air as the city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 8.4 degree Celsius on Sunday.

The cold wave that currently strikes Darfur is causing catarrhs and inflammations in the chest to many people living in the camps for the displaced, especially children and the elderly.

Cold weather is 20 times as deadly as hot weather, and it's not the extreme low or high temperatures that cause the most deaths, according to a study published Wednesday.

Cold wave conditions continued unabated in north India today with the mercury hovering below normal levels in most parts and hilly areas reeling under freezing conditions.

Biting cold wave conditions persisted in most parts of Himachal as minimum temperatures stayed close to freezing point.

Two persons lost their lives on account of the prevailing cold weather conditions in the district over the past 24 hours.

The City is in the grip of a cold wave condition, with Bengalureans experiencing dry chill weather and teeth-chattering winds since Saturday.

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