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: Soon farmers across the country can get their agriculture and weather-related queries answered quickly. The Indian government is planning to launch a spoken web service that will provide an interactive medium for the farming community. In a country where close to 60 percent of the 1.21 billion population …
If Monday saw Pune shivering at a 7.2° Celsius, Tuesday is expected to be colder still at 6° Celsius. In fact, the city’s lowest minimum temperature of7.2° this season on Monday morning was a good four degrees below normal. While predicting a further drop to 6° on Tuesday morning, IMD …
Cold wave continued to wreak havoc in the North with the region recording below normal day and night temperatures with dense fog disrupting road, train and flight operations. As rain and snowfall aggravated miseries of the common man, reports claim the severe cold has claimed the lives of around 140 …
A rapid rise in air pollution from fossil fuels and biomass burning has worsened winter smog and extended its duration in many parts of South Asia, scientists and officials have said. In Bangladesh, India and Nepal the temperature has plummeted and clouds of fog and smoke hang in the sky …
Even as fog monitoring and analysis at the Indira Gandhi International Airport has improved significantly this season, with very few instances of flight diversions, the Indian Meteorological Department is now in the process of acquiring an Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS) that would help detect and predict weather hazards …
This November, everyone wondered what happened to the winters. So far, the season has been rather lukewarm and promises to be so for the next month or so. With December already halfway through, are we headed for a shorter, warmer winter this time? Winter is only turning a little warmer, …
C.D. Thatte and D.K. Mehta are likely to submit report on December 26 Two technical members of the Empowered Committee — C.D. Thatte, former Secretary to the Ministry of Water Resources, and D.K. Mehta, retired Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission — will inspect the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams from December …
Four earthquakes of “slight intensity” have been recorded in Idukki district of Kerala so far this year where the Mullaperiyar Dam is located, the Government said today. “As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), four earthquakes of slight intensity have been located by the National Seismological Network of IMD in …
After brief respite from the intense cold, mercury in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir plunged below the freezing point once again as the summer Capital Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season. The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar on Monday morning was minus 3.2 degrees Celsius — two …
Starting on a warm note, December is set to see further climb in mercury, giving the city the highest temperatures in the last decade for the month. The maximum temperature on Sunday was recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius and the night temperature dipped to 12 degrees, both three degrees above …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has found that the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) has much higher level of pollution as compared to the Mandir Marg area in central Delhi and RK Puram in South Delhi. A combination of winter fog and calm weather conditions is leading to the perpetual …
As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-be-released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Extreme weather events will become even more intense. Erratic monsoons and severe cyclones have already battered large parts of …
Visibility plummets but air and rail traffic unaffected, people complain of breathing problems The coming of winter was announced in the capital Friday afternoon with the sudden onset of smog, which left people complaining of breathing difficulties and a worsening of respiratory ailments. The gloom, caused by high concentration of …
The Maharashtra agriculture department plans to set up tehsil-level weather monitoring centres to give farmers area-specific advisories that will help them determine the crop pattern and anticipate pest and disease outbreaks. The centres are being set up in the public-private partnership mode under which the companies participating will use the …
While it was a strong steady breeze which allowed Delhiites to breathe easy on Diwali night as it swept away the smoke emanating from the fire-crackers, the Delhi Government on Friday could not resist taking credit for the reduction in air pollution levels. Seeking to credit the fall in air …
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Gujarat tonight but there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage. The epicentre of the quake of moderate intensity, which shook the state at around 2248 hours, was 20km south east of Sasangir near Vansthli town in Junagadh district, …
The depression in the north and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal has ramped up in strength in quick time to become a deep depression and is on course to intensify further as a tropical cyclone. India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its afternoon bulletin has put out the cyclone formation alert. …
It was conceived as a scientific satellite experiment of India and France in the late 1990s. Megha-Tropiques, scheduled to fly out of Sriharikota on Wednesday, finds itself at the forefront of global tropical climate and cloud study. In a month's time, once it starts looking down from a distance 800 …
The southwest monsoon season has formally ended, with rain in the June-September period notching a surplus of 1% over the long period average (LPA) for the four months. The surplus has proved wrong a forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) that there might be a shortfall of 5%. Cumulatively, …
Chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today urged the residents of low-lying areas to move to safer places in view of the forecast of heavy rains and release of water from DVC and Chandil barrages. The chief secretary, Mr Samar Ghosh, too, will hold deliberations with irrigation secretaries of Orissa and …
