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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicWeather forecasting

Topic: Weather forecasting

Southwest monsoon revives, rainfall to increase in south, central India, IMD says

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.

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.

Why Kerala is spending Rs 1 crore on private weather agencies despite IMD providing data

Kerala officials say IMD data is not refined or specific enough to provide alerts at the block level, impeding disaster management. 

Himachal’s Manali, Kufri at sub-zero temperature as cold wave intensifies

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.

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.  

The secret culprit in why Indian forecasters got rain numbers wrong: Clouds

India received 10% more rainfall this monsoon although the country was originally predicted to receive only 94%.

We need to get weather forecasts right, global cooperation & data sharing is how

Maintaining international cooperation on weather forecasting can become harder as nationalist pressures build up in other arenas and people worry about cyber espionage.

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Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.