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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicIndia Meteorological Department

Topic: India Meteorological Department

All about La Niña, reason why India could have a colder winter than usual this year

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said winter this year will be colder than usual. The reason lies in the distant Pacific Ocean.

India received third-highest rainfall on record this year, August was wettest in 44 years

The country received 109% of the Long Period Average rainfall this monsoon, making it the wettest on record after 1994 and 2019.

IMD predicts normal monsoon as it hits Kerala, says just 5% chance of deficient rainfall

IMD predicts the Northeast will once again receive less-than-average rainfall, but north-western, central & southern parts of India will have a normal monsoon.

India needs farming overhaul as Northeast and J&K get hotter, Gujarat & Rajasthan colder

IMD study analyses climate change in 127 ‘agroclimatic’ zones, says Northeast, J&K getting hotter and Gujarat, Rajasthan colder.

Thunderstorm, lightning, hail likely to hit north, northeast India: Met department

Thundersqualls are expected over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Bihar and West Bengal according to IMD. Thunderstorms are also likely to hit northeastern states.

Monsoon to be 6% below normal this year, go into weak phase this month

Skymet says oceanic parameters are not at all favorable for enhancing monsoon rains during the second half of the season.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.