The government has approved four major donor-funded projects worth US$ 134 million in the agriculture sector that aims to boost livestock and food production, address climate change and environment

President Pranab Mukherjee today said the country can achieve the targeted 4 per cent growth in the agriculture sector during the 12th Plan period with the help of better seeds, improved water mana

A centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions to help air traffic on polar routes would come up here by the middle of this year, the first of its kind in the country.

Delhiites woke up to another freezing day on Monday as icy winds swept the Capital at regular intervals bringing the minimum temperature down to 2.4 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal and barely a few notches above Sunday’s 1.9, the season’s lowest so far.

“It is so cold at night and early morning these days that it is a task to go outdoors before 11 a.m. and report for work,” said a beautician in Connaught Place. The maximum temperature was 13.4 degrees Celsius, a crawl above Sunday’s 11.8 degrees Celsius, but still seven degrees below normal.

Sunday was the third coldest January day in city in the last ten years

After experiencing one of the coldest days on Saturday, mercury levels in the city continued to dip further as Sunday became the third coldest January morning in the last ten years. On Sunday, Mumbai recorded a minimum temperature of 10.4 degree celsius (Santacruz) — a departure of 7 degrees from normal and 16.1 degrees celsius (Colaba) — a departure of 3.4 degrees from normal.

Weatherman has predicted a “warmer” Monday

With each passing day in January only getting colder, Sunday saw the temperatures plummeting to the season’s lowest at 1.9 degrees Celsius in the Capital. Several people were forced to spend the day indoors away from the bone-chilling winds. With Sunday’s minimum temperature being five degrees below normal, it was the lowest minimum for January in the last five years.

New Delhi has suffered its coldest day in 44 years amid a cold snap across northern India, the local weather office said on Thursday.

The maximum day temperature on Wednesday reached just 9.8 degrees Celsius (49.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest since the winter of 1969 when records first began, an official in the local meteorological department told AFP, with a minimum of 4.8 Celsius. There is expected to be little respite in the coming few days with the weather office forecasting that chilly conditions will prevail.

Bone chilling cold and dense fog rang in the New Year in the capital today as mercury plummeted to the season's lowest of 4° C. Today, the minimum temperature recorded as three notches below normal and down from the yesterday's minimum of 5.5° C, which was the previous lowest for the season.

The condition improved a bit as the day progressed, but with maximum temperature dipping five degrees below normal to stay at 15.3° C, people were forced to wrap themselves up in more woollens.

New Delhi: The New Year arrived on a chilly note, with the minimum temperature dropping to 4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal and so far the lowest of the season. And there could be worse to come. According to a weather website, the entire

week is likely to be bonenumbingly cold, with the minimum temperature projected to drop to 2 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Monday is unlikely to be any warmer. The Met declined to estimate a figure, but said cold conditions would continue.