The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
NEW DELHI: While the capital recorded a minimum of 3 degrees Celsius on Sunday, Gurugram shivered at 0.4 degrees. The air quality in the capital, meanwhile, was in the “severe” category. The overall AQI was recorded at 415 and IMD has forecast that air will remain “severe” till January 2 …
Gurgaon: The city remained the most polluted in the country on Sunday, with the air quality index (AQI) soaring to 475 (severe). While all NCR cities except Manesar recorded high pollution levels, the highest AQI in the country was clocked in Gurgaon. According to System of Air Quality and Weather …
A 35-year-old man died in MP's Raisen district as intense cold wave tightened its grip over MP and neighbouring states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra with reports of ground frost damaging crops in several areas. The victim was identified as Kamal Kishore, a farmer from Sultanpur area. Sources said he …
NEW DELHI: The capital recorded a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with coldwave-like conditions continuing in the region. And going by the forecast by IMD, Delhi is all set get even colder in the next few days with minimum temperature falling to around three degrees. IMD officials said …
A Central Pollution Control Board taskforce has identified 21 hotspots of high pollution levels in Delhi-NCR and directed the respective area municipal corporations to take "focussed actions" to mitigate the affects. The taskforce has also asked authorities to carry out inspection in Loni Bhopura, in Ghaziabad, from where repeated complaints …
KOLKATA: Even as the mercury dropped to the season’s lowest in Kolkata on Monday, the IMD predicted a warmer winter across Gangetic Bengal. The minimum temperature could remain 0.7°C above the normal mark on an average during December, January and February, it said. North Bengal, along with neighbouring Sikkim and …
NEW DELHI: No artificial rain for Delhi this week as there are not enough clouds and government clearances. Sachchida Nand Tripathi, professor, IIT Kanpur, who is working closely with the environment ministry and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for the artificial rains project, told TOI on Wednesday that lack of clouds …
Cloud seeding project to be led by scientists of IIT-Kanpur Officials in the Environment Ministry have approved a project led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding to clear smog in Delhi. However, the success of the endeavour depends on …
Gurugram: An air quality monitoring machine installed in Gwalpahari by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier this week has been linked to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website, making data on pollution levels in New Gurugram available to residents for the first time. The data recorded by this machine, …
Heavy rains lashed parts Delhi and its national capital region for the second consecutive day on Sunday, making the weather pleasant. The meteorological department has predicted thundershowers and moderate rain on Monday as well. Delhi woke up to an overcast sky and a fairly cold morning on Sunday. Intermittent spells …
Despite heavy periodic downpour, North Eastern states including Meghalaya have received inadequate rainfall this season all because of climate change. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the eastern and north-eastern regions have together received 31 per cent less rainfall than normal in this south-west monsoon (SWM) season as on …
500 cases of infection reported this year as against 5,300 last year Breaks in monsoon may give the State a breather from the spate of dengue infections that the health department has moved to contain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a decrease in rainfall activity in Telangana for …
NEW DELHI: The Environment Ministry said on Monday a committee of experts would be formed to look into the technological advances, including application of satellite-based measurement, to improve air quality and reduce pollution. Every winter smog causes deterioration of air quality, raising the pollution to dangerous levels in the national …
A new study has shown that an early warning system may be developed to predict dengue outbreaks by mining meteorological and epidemiological data for a given geographic area. In the study, scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, used data mining tools to analyse the weather parameters before …
While the major air pollution threat in Delhi is from the tiny PM2.5 particles that get embedded in the lungs, during the summer, PM10 is the primary pollutant. For five days last week, a thick layer of dust hung over Delhi, keeping the air quality ‘severe’, the worst category in …
NEW DELHI: Winter pollution in the national capital region may be deadly, but summer doesn’t give much respite either. While dust storms from Rajasthan may have led to a sudden severe spike in particulate matter pollution in the capital on Wednesday, the Central Pollution Control Board recently released air-quality data …
AHMEDABAD: Climate change will severely affect Rajkot – and by extension central Saurashtra – by the end of the century, predicts a research paper by Gujarat-based officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The researchers say that in the next nine decades, the maximum summer temperature will increase by 3.3 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rain havoc during this South West Monsoon in Kerala with incessant heavy rains, flash floods and debris flows, has claimed 21 lives and left 591 houses fully damaged. Now, the next spell of heavy rains gear up in parts of Kerala and Lakshadweep till June 15, State Emergency …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The monsoon brought winds gusting up to a maximum speed of 81kmph on Saturday triggering widespread tree fall and power failure in various parts of the state. As many as 13 people, including an eight-year-old girl, lost their lives on Saturday and Sunday, according to the state disaster management …
Rapid desertification, water depletion and "abnormal" Western Disturbances, coupled with cyclonic circulations, have contributed to a "spate of dust storms" in the country in the past few month, environmentalist Sunita Narain said today. In a Facebook Live event hosted this evening, she also said that these storms were becoming the …
