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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicIndian Meteorological Department

Topic: Indian Meteorological Department

‘60% chance’ of El Nino onset in May-July, but may not lead to bad monsoon in India, says IMD

In 1st forecast since March, World Meteorological Organisation has indicated chance of EL Nino onset, likely to 'fuel higher global temperatures', is 70-80% during July-September period.

IMD forecasts normal monsoon, day after private forecaster said rains will be ‘below normal’

IMD says any effect of El Nino on monsoon will be visible only during the second half of the season, adding that it’s not necessary it will lead to a bad monsoon.

Heavy rain forecast for October raises concern about India’s rice, wheat crops

Monthly rainfall is expected at 115% of the long-term average based on the India Meteorological Department, posing risks for summer-sown crops such as rice and the planting of wheat.

Normal monsoon likely in Aug-Sept, but deficiency expected in Bihar, Northeast, says IMD

The second half of the southwest monsoon is expected to be ‘normal’ for the country as a whole, but regional variations will persist, Indian Meteorological Department predicts.

Why Delhi’s Mayur Vihar is 3°C lower than Yamuna Sports Complex despite being only 10 km away 

New Delhi: Yamuna Sports Complex sizzled at 46.4°Celsius Saturday  — the highest in the capital — while Mayur Vihar, a place that is less...

Conditions unfavourable for further advance of monsoon in Delhi, northwest India: IMD

IMD said 'moderate to severe' thunderstorms & 'cloud-to-ground lightning' are likely in Uttarakhand, UP, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand Thursday & Friday.

Delhi experiences coldest October in 26 years

While the normal minimum temperature for this time of the year is 15 to 16 degrees Celsius, Delhi's mercury dropped to 12.5 degree Celsius Thursday.

Odisha evacuates over 8 lakh people from coast as Cyclone Fani moves closer

The cyclonic storm Fani, with a wind speed of 170-180 kmph, is expected to make landfall near Puri on Friday.

So, the superstorm warning was a dud. Here’s why the Met often gets it so wrong

Our most accurate models can predict weather only up to five days in advance, with nearly a 90 per cent probability of getting the next 24 hours spot-on.

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The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.