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.
Engineers working to set up the station said the meteorological system is of great significance for monitoring melting glaciers and mountain snow at high altitudes.
IMD director said a low pressure is likely to form over west-central Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, however, subdued activity is likely to continue over north India.
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.
Minimum temperature dropped 1-2 degrees below normal limits at many places. The Met department forecast rain and snowfall in the high and mid hills on 4 and 7 February.
Lack of infrastructure, complex nature of weather, and poor coordination make forecasting weather a tough proposition, not only in India but across the world.
Maintaining international cooperation on weather forecasting can become harder as nationalist pressures build up in other arenas and people worry about cyber espionage.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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