The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
Everything depends on rains in the next seven days, says India Meteorological Department A presentation on the progress of monsoon by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has made the government confident this year will be a good crop year, but everything depends on rains in the next seven days.
Farm ministry irked at IMD (which is under earth sciences ministry) making rain data public, as it has to do ground work to minimise the adverse impact of poor monsoon Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI POOR monsoon may have triggered off cold vibes between the NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Vinson Kurian Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the monsoon trough across the plains of northwest India has shifted north (of normal), which signals a weakening of rain-enabling conditions. But the IMD hastened to add that the trough would shift back south (to align along …
In earlier publications, we had explained how the monsoon seasonal time series data of regional and All-India rainfall (AIRF) can be decomposed into its six basic modes by the method of empirical mode decomposition. This method helps one to recognize the first mode due to ENSO as being highly non-Gaussian, …
AHMEDABAD: The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in south Gujarat and parts of Gujarat on Thursday. Officials said they were hopeful that Ahmedabad will get its maiden showers. "The monsoon activity is expected to give good rainfall in south Gujarat and region including parts of north Gujarat. …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: There finally seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel for the people of Delhi and other parts of north west India, who have been subjected to muggy weather for the last several days even as the monsoons lashed other parts of the …
The rainfall in the month of July this year is above normal in Goa, according to the Meteorological Department. Till date the State has received 1443.5mm of rainfall which is quite high compared to the predicted normal rainfall of 1110.6mm.
Ahmedabad : For parched Amdavad, Met department has pinned hopes on low pressure system in Jharkhand which is expected to give good rainfall activity in Gujarat region from July 9 to July 11. "A strong low pressure system has developed in Jharkhand and adjoining areas which is expected to move …
Himachal Pradesh 59% shortfall in pre-monsoon rain. 88% deficit in Kinnaur Power generation down to 85-89L units from 95-101 last yr Crops hit: Maize, apple Maharashtra Less than 50% rain in 8 districts. Mumbai water supply down to 30% Rajasthan Deficit rain in 19 out of 33 districts. Stored water …
The monsoon is a wind current in Southern Asia, blowing north east during the summer and southwest monsoon during the winter. During the summer, the monsoon brings heavy rains to southern Asia and Africa, while in the winter it causes the drier seasons. The lives of many people in these …
MUMBAI: Even though the city's skies are overcast and heavy with dark clouds threatening to explode, weather bureau officials said Mumbaikars shouldn't expect heavy showers over the next two days. "There will be few spells of rain or thunder-showers in parts of the city and suburbs,'' said the MET forecast. …
Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat had prepared almanac predicting district-wise daily rainfall during monsoon 2008 for the farming community as well as planners. The rainfall projection by AAU for the state as a whole was quite good with +6.3% departure from actual rainfall which was less than 10%.
Rainfall prediction has prime importance in an agrarian country like India, wherein the agricultural production is solely dependent on the monsoon rainfall. Among various astro-meteorological methods for rainfall forecasting, the Antariksha method, which is based on sky observations, is most popular. The observations of rainfall conception based on 16 symptoms …
A special report on "Aila", the cyclone that struck on May 25. Now, with 400 km-long embankment breached, people of Sunderbans live with threat of a high tide causing further damage. It calls for a long-term policy on behalf of the islanders for saving the Sunderbans. See Also Report: Boiling …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The Southwest Monsoon has made rapid advances since Sunday and, by Monday evening, it covered almost 80 per cent of the country. Director-General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Ajit Tyagi told The?Hindu that conditions were favourable for the monsoon
New Delhi: Even as it makes steady progress over the rest of the country, the monsoon appears to be playing hide and seek with Delhi, which might have to wait at least another week
SOUTHWEST monsoon appears to be picking up pace as the weather office on Monday claimed that about 80% of the country has been covered by the seasonal rains which are expected to drench northwest India in the next two days. Aided by the low pressure area in the Bay of …
