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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Weather

Heavy rains lash Delhi, IMD issues red alert for city

Flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport were impacted due to thunderstorms and gusty winds.

World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

The record had last been set for four consecutive days in a row in early July 2023. Before that, the hottest day was in August 2016.

El Nino may hammer Asian farms with dry weather, but shower American growers

As El Nino looms, wheat output in Australia, the world’s second-largest exporter of the grain, is also expected to take a hit from dry weather, forecasters and analysts said.

Kojiki purchases weather News Point as part of its expansion

The acquisition comes in a series of major purchases the company has made over the past few months as part of its expansion plans.

IMD predicts ‘severe heatwave conditions’ in Delhi today, tomorrow

According to the IMD, a 'severe' heatwave is declared if the departure from normal temperature is by more than 6.4 degrees. Parts of Delhi recorded above 40 degrees Celsius Tuesday.

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.

Southwest monsoon arrives over Kerala, IMD says

After a delay of two days, Kerala receives its first shower of the southwest monsoon. This marks the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country.

Scientists capture highest-ever resolution image of atoms

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

2020 tied with 2016 for the hottest year ever recorded & why crocodiles don’t change

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

At 6.9 degrees, Sunday marks Delhi’s coldest November morning in 17 years

In 2019, the lowest minimum for November in Delhi was 11.5 degrees. It was 10.5 degrees Celsius in 2018 and 7.6 degrees Celsius in 2017.

On Camera

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.