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 …
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Data could confirm presence of water on the moon Shubhadeep Choudhury Tribune News Service Bangalore, June 28 Data obtained by the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 is slated for release in the next three months. G Madhavan Nair, ISRO chairman, told The Tribune that an international conference was being organised to …
New Delhi: Real-time weather forecast may soon become a reality for Delhiites as the meteorological office has geared up to install hi-tech instruments at various locations in and around the capital. The outdated measuring instruments are all set to make way for automatic weather stations (AWS) which will help the …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday allayed fears about the country facing a drought this year. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the south-west monsoon was likely to resume over the remaining parts of central India and some parts of north-west India after …
This year the southwest monsoon set in early over Kerala and got off to a dramatic, if unpropitious, start. Cyclone Aila swept in from the Bay of Bengal and wreaked havoc, including much loss of life, in West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh. Thereafter, the monsoon went into a slump and …
June 25: This is supposed to the monsoon season, but the severe heat wave conditions in many parts of the state make it seem as if summer has not bid goodbye yet. In all, 18 districts in the state have recorded deficit (nine districts) and scanty rainfall (nine districts). According …
AHMEDABAD: Torrential rains lashed Saurasthra and adjoining areas on the second consecutive day on Wednesday even as the Met department predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Saurashtra, Kutch and Diu by Thursday evening. However, rains continued to play hide and seek in Ahmedabad, showing up only in the form …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The Union government on Wednesday announced a downward revision in its estimates for the rainfall in the southwest monsoon season. The rainfall will be
IMD has been predicting a normal monsoon during the June-September season since March. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) seems to have taken a cautious stand over the World Meteorological Organisation
Ahmedabad : India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ahmedabad is set to procure a state-of-the-art Doppler Radar to track weather conditions more accurately in and around city. According to IMD officials, this sophisticated weather prediction system that can detect weather conditions within a radius of 500 km, will be in place by …
New Delhi: Temperatures are expected to soar over the next few days in Delhi and other parts of the country with the movement of monsoon clouds towards north and northwest India taking a pause. Delhi could again see 40-plus temperatures over the next couple of days though occasional thundershowers could …
Mumbai There are chances of rains in Mumbai by the weekend, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. If the southwest monsoon arrives by the weekend, it would be 10 days after its normal arrival. K Sathidevi, director IMD, said that the IMD is pinning its hopes on some …
New Delhi: There is further trouble on the monsoon front. The northward advance of the monsoon is likely to be held up by another week leading to a delay in the sowing of Kharif crops in most of central and north peninsular India. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday …
Meteorology isn't what it used to be predicting monsoons may become costlier now. An increase in the frequency of extreme weather events like intense rainfall has magnified the errors in observations and calculations required for predicting the weather. Chances for an error occurring depend on these parameters: the location of …
