India, Jan. 16 -- Cold wave conditions abated after five days in Delhi as Safdarjung, the city's representative weather observatory, recorded a minimum temperature of 4.3degC, compared to 2.9degC on Thursday, even as a yellow alert remained in place with moderate to dense fog enveloping parts of the city in the early hours of the day, and the air quality remained "very poor".

The minimum temperature on Friday was 3.3degC below the normal. On Thursday, the mercury plunged to the lowest since January 18, 2023, when Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6degC.

A minimum temperature of 4.7degC, 2.8degC below the normal, was recorded at Palam, compared to 2.3degC on Thursday, and the lowest in 20 years since the mercury plunged to 0.3deg...