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India is witnessing coldest winter season as yet: Read the reason behind it

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It was supposed to be a chilly winter, thanks to the La Nina weather phenomenon. And it turned out to be so, with Delhi recording this winter’s coldest day on Tuesday with the maximum temperature of 12.1°C. This was also the coldest day for the month of January since 2013, when the maximum temperature fell to 9.8-degree Celsius on 3 January 2013, at the Safdarjung weather observatory. Even Mumbai has witnessed its coldest January in a decade, with the minimum temperature dropping by 6-degree Celsius on Monday, and is expected to be at 14 degrees on Tuesday. The cold is expected to last for a few more days before temperatures rise again.

If weather officials are to be believed, the nip in the air is primarily because of a dust storm from neighbouring Pakistan, caused by a Western Disturbance — a storm system that forms in the Middle East and brings sporadic winter rain and snow to northern India in the first 10 days of January. The impact sometimes extends to parts of central India and even the western coast.

What’s a Western Disturbance?

A Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm or a cold front system that originates from the Mediterranean, Caspian and the Black sea. It moves from West to East with moisture carried on mid to upper atmosphere and also embedded in the mid-latitude subtropical westerly jet stream.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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