By all accounts 2016 was the hottest ever with temperatures rising worldwide because of global warming. It was no different in India, which is also experiencing a mild winter. True, certain places in the upper Himalayas have experienced occasional snowfall, but given the fact that most part of north India continues to be pleasantly cool, the snowy spells can be dismissed as minor aberrations much like Team India's five-run loss in the third and final ODI against England at the Eden Gardens on Sunday .
 

By all accounts 2016 was the hottest ever with temperatures rising worldwide because of global warming. It was no different in India, which is also experiencing a mild winter. True, certain places in the upper Himalayas have experienced occasional snowfall, but given the fact that most part of north India continues to be pleasantly cool, the snowy spells can be dismissed as minor aberrations much like Team India's five-run loss in the third and final ODI against England at the Eden Gardens on Sunday .