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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Topic: IMD

Heavy rain lashes parts of Delhi, IMD to declare onset of monsoon on 25 June

The downpour led to waterlogging and disruption of traffic movement in many areas and key intersections in the city.

Weakened Cyclone Nisarga likely to enter MP by Thursday from southern part of state: IMD

As a result of the cyclone, parts of Madhya Pradesh received rainfall Wednesday and will likely continue on Thursday as well, officials said.

All about cyclone Nisarga, set to hit Maharashtra and Gujarat on 3 June

After Amphan, another cyclonic storm Nisarga is forming over the Arabian Sea. But unlike Amphan, Nisarga is expected to be less intense.

As temperatures surpass 45 degrees, IMD issues red alert for parts of north India

The red warning has been issued to caution people not to step out during 1 pm to 5 pm, when the intensity of the heat is the most.

IMD adding PoK regions to its map isn’t about the weather, it’s a message from Modi govt

In episode 464 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at the tactical and strategic moves the Modi govt has been using to respond to Pakistan over Jammu & Kashmir.

Not first time IMD is showing weather bulletin for areas under PoK, says weather agency

IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said forecasts for Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad will now be a part of readings issued by their regional centre for J&K subdivision. 

Areas under PoK now part of India Meteorological Department’s weather forecast

The IMD's Regional Meteorological Centre has been including Muzaffarabad and Gilgit-Baltistan in its forecast since 5 May.

Southwest monsoons to be normal this year says India Meteorological Department

In an online briefing, IMD Director General M. Mohapatra said the Long Period Average (LPA) of monsoon will be 100 per cent which falls in the ‘normal’ category.

Severe cold in warm winter, floods in normal monsoon — why IMD gets its forecasts so wrong

Lack of infrastructure, complex nature of weather, and poor coordination make forecasting weather a tough proposition, not only in India but across the world.  

Why India got more rainfall in September 1917 than 2019 but there were no major floods

September this year was the wettest India has seen since 1917, and triggered widespread floods in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.