Narnaul in Haryana shivered at 4.5 degrees Celsius as biting cold continued to sweep Haryana and Punjab on Sunday. Fog reduced visibility in the morning at several places in the two states, a Meteorological Department official said.
The researchers, including Kang-Kuen Ni from Harvard University in the US, said at such intense cold -- 500 nanokelvin, or just a few millionths of a degree above the lowest possible temperature in the universe -- their reacting molecules slowed to glacial speeds.
The deceased have been identified as Piyush Verma (26), a resident of Bara Gaon in Kumarsain tehsil of Shimla; and Varun Singh (25), a resident of Haryana's Jhajjar.
The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 82 per cent. There was 0.9 mm of rain recorded in the past 24 hours since Thursday.
Biting cold continued in Himachal Pradesh as several areas in high, mid hills received fresh snowfall, whereas many other places witnessed rain, the Meteorological Department said.
"There was shallow to moderate fog in the morning. The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day with haze and smoke thereafter," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
Shivering is one of the first defences against cold and it boosts the body's heat production.
Breaking the nearly two-month long dry spell, rain lashed the plains of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday while moderate to heavy snowfall has been reported from the higher reaches.
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In the national capital visibility dropped to 400 metres in the early hours due to fog, which also affected train services.
In Delhi, the minimum temperature recorded at 6.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the season's average. At 8:30 am, visibility stood at 800 metres and humidity was recorded at 87 per cent.
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According to a lawyer who was present in the courtroom, Lalu Yadav told the judge: "Sir, jail me thanda bahut lagta hai. (It is very cold in the prison.)"
Blizzard warnings and states of emergency were in effect, schools and government offices closed for the day, thousands of flights were canceled and motorists were warned to be careful as conditions worsened.
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