Noida Schools Time Change:  Due to the cold weather, all schools in Noida and Greater Noida will begin classes at 10 am on January 18 for students from nursery to eighth grade, officials announced on Wednesday. Rahul Panwar, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Basic Education Officer, stated that this timing will proceed until further directives from the district administration.

"In compliance with the instructions given by the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, in view of the dense fog and extreme cold, classes in all schools from nursery to 8 will be conducted from 10 am from January 18 till further orders," Panwar said in the order, as reported by news agency PTI.

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Due to the cold weather in the area, classes for students in grades nursery to 8th were suspended until January 16. In a separate order, the District Inspector of Schools Dharmveer Singh modified the schedule for students in grades 9th to 12th, changing it from 10 am to 3 pm last week. The directive had specified that this schedule for Classes 9 to 12 would last until January 20. During the winter, government schools in Noida usually run from 9 am to 3 pm. For more details, candidates are advised to contact their respective school authorities.

The following states are expected to continue to experience severe fog conditions until tomorrow including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Jammu & Kashmir.

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