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Cold wave expected in Delhi-NCR from tomorrow, minus temperature in several cities of Rajasthan
The outbreak of severe cold continued in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday as well.

Days are getting cold in North India but temperature has reached minus in many cities of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab is also suffering due to excessive cold. At the same time, there is a possibility of cold wave in Delhi-NCR from Monday and the minimum temperature will fall to about three degrees Celsius.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be a cold wave in Delhi-NCR between January 16 and January 18. The minimum temperature can remain around three degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to an IMD official, large parts of north and northwest India will recorde below normal maximum and minimum temperatures for most of the days this month before a western disturbance brought respite from the cold.
This drop in maximum and minimum temperatures was due to a dense fog layer over the Indo-Gangetic plains for the last 10 to 11 days and a large gap between two western disturbances, which brought in colder than normal winds from the snow-capped mountains.
The official of the Meteorological Department said that there is a lot of moisture in the Indo-Gangetic plains due to the large number of water bodies and rivers in the region. Once the Western Disturbance retreats, cold northwesterly winds will start blowing towards the plains.
Severe cold in Punjab, Haryana
The outbreak of severe cold continued in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday as well. During this, Faridkot remained the coldest place in the region. According to the report of the Meteorological Department, the temperature in Faridkot of Punjab was recorded at minus one degree. Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar was in the grip of severe cold and recorded a minimum temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Haryana, Ambala recorded a minimum temperature of 5.6 degrees Celsius while Hisar recorded a minimum temperature of 4.3 degrees Celsius. Apart from this, minimum temperature of 4, 5.2, 4.7 and 1.8 degree Celsius was recorded in Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa respectively.
Temperature in Rajasthan’s Fatehpur -4.7 degree Celsius
Fatehpur and Churu remained the coldest places in Rajasthan. The temperature was recorded at -4.7 degree Celsius in Fatehpur and -2.7 degree Celsius in Churu. According to the Meteorological Department, there is an outbreak of severe cold wave at many places in West Rajasthan, due to which the minimum temperature has dropped significantly in Ajmer, Kota and Udaipur divisions. Chittorgarh recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.4 degrees Celsius.
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Quake felt in Delhi again, tremors of magnitude 2.7 jolts the national capital
The quake on Wednesday comes after another earthquake that jolted parts of India on Tuesday night. As per the reports, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook up parts of Northern India. It was also reported that at least 11 people died and over 160 others were injured in neighboring Pakistan.

Another earthquake shook up the national capital on Wednesday after parts of India witnessed a 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday night. As per the reports, the quake was of 2.7 magnitudes and took place 5 km below the national capital.
The National Center for Seismology also tweeted informing the same as they wrote that an earthquake of Magnitude 2.7 occurred on 22 March at 4:42 pm. The latitude was 28.66 and the Long was 77.03. The depth of the tremor was 5 Km. The epicenter of the quake is reported to be west Delhi.
The quake on Wednesday comes after another earthquake that jolted parts of India on Tuesday night. As per the reports, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook up parts of Northern India. It was also reported that at least 11 people died and over 160 others were injured in neighboring Pakistan.
A statement by the international Seismological Center reported that apart from Pakistan, tremors were also felt in India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, and Kyrgyzstan.
The quake jolted several parts of India at around 10:17 pm on Tuesday night. As per the reports, the tremors were felt across Northern India including Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh. The epicenter of the earthquake that hit northern parts of India and various other countries was Afghanistan.
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7 dead as massive blaze engulfs firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram
A massive fire engulfed a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district on Wednesday leaving at least seven people dead while 15 others received severe burn injuries, reports said.

A massive fire engulfed a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district on Wednesday leaving at least seven people dead while 15 others received severe burn injuries, reports said.
As per reports, an enormous blaze consumed a firecracker making unit at Vazhathottam, 10 kilometers from Kanchipuram, killing at least seven people and leaving fifteen others wounded.
A report quoted Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services DGP, Abhash Kumar as saying that the building collapsed due to the gigantic inferno and many people are still feared trapped inside. The officer said that a joint rescue operation was launched by the firemen, the Kanchipuram district police along with Rescue Services personnel and local residents to pull out survivors from the torched building.
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DGP Kumar said the firecracker unit had a valid license and that an investigation has been launched to ascertain the exact cause of the fire.
Local reports said that the injured, who suffered burn injuries, have been rushed nearby hospital for medical attention.
More details are awaited.
In a similar incident, ten people, including three children, were injured after a fire erupted at a seven-storey residential building in Mumbai’s Mulund West last week. The incident happened at around 2:55 pm at the Jagruti Society in Vithhal Nagar.
Rescue services and firemen successfully had rescued 80 people trapped in the burning building.
Officials at the time had said that the fire out in the electric meter room on the ground floor of the building and the smoke from the meter room spread to all its seven floors.
Fire brigade chief Sanjay Manjrekar said it was not a major fire but the smoke had spread to all the floors. He had said that people got scared of the smoke, came running and got trapped.
The official said that the fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, electric main cables, all meters, all switches, etc. in a common electric meter cabin on the ground floor plus the upper seven floored residential building.
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Man checks into Delhi hotel, dies by suicide after overdosing on oxygen
As per the Police, Nitesh researched painless ways to end his life and used a method which he learned during his research.

A harrowing story has come to light from Delhi where the body of a 24-year-old man was recovered from inside a hotel in the national capital. As per the reports, the man allegedly died by suicide after overdosing on oxygen.
As per the reports, the victim, identified as Nitesh, stayed in the hotel in Adarsh Nagar with his friend and checked out the next day. However, subsequently the same day, Nitesh checked back into the hotel again.
As per the reports, the victim had been under stress from the increasing cost of the treatment for his illness which drove the man to take the drastic decision. Nitesh had entered the room with a small bag, said reports.
The body of the man was recovered from inside his hotel, according to the reports, Nitesh’s face was covered with a plastic bag that was connected to a small oxygen cylinder. It was reported that the 24-year-old man learned about this method online. When one takes in excess oxygen, the heart rate drops which leads to oxygen poisoning.
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It was also reported that a suicide note was recovered near where his body was found. In the letter, Nitesh talked about the struggles to pay for his treatment due to his prolonged illness. Nitesh, in his suicide note, also wrote about how he didn’t want his family to pay for his treatment anymore.
As per the Police, Nitesh researched painless ways to end his life and used a method which he learned during his research.
Another case of a similar nature came to the fore when a woman died by suicide subsequently after her husband committed suicide in South Delhi. It was reported that the 32-year-old woman was a resident of Hudco place in South Delhi.
The friend of the husband. who informed the police about the woman, told the media that the 32-year-old woman died by suicide after learning about the suicide of her husband.
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