Annual climate summary- 2021
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2021 was +0.44 C above the long-term average (1981-2010 period). The year 2021 was the fifth warmest year on record since nationwide
Monsoons
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Mumbai tracks flooded, boats pull out 1,500 train passengers
Barely 50 km from the heart of Mumbai and along the proposed Rs 1.08 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train route, Mumbai’s satellite townships of Vasai, Nallasopara and Virar were marooned Tuesday after
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Doctors sound dengue alarm in Kolkata
KOLKATA: With the first dengue in the city being reported this season, doctors across several private hospitals have started recommending NS1 and Elisa tests to patients with symptoms of the viral disease.
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Say goodbye to monsoon illness with these 4 Indian spices
We all love rains but like all good things, rain too has its downside. Monsoon often brings along illness, that's why it is infamously known as the flu season. So, before you fall into it and get sick,
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Delhi air quality: No time to rejoice, planning needed for winter, say experts
With monsoon rains helping the air quality improve to satisfactory level for the first time in nearly a year, Delhiites breathed the cleanest air last week, authorities said. Even as air quality in
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Why chikungunya slips under dengue radar
Chikungunya spreads round the year and is as prevalent as dengue, NIV finds after redefining symptoms Chikungunya is as widely prevalent in India as dengue but tends to get overlooked or missed due
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Monsoon arrival: L-G Anil Baijal directs agencies to intensify vector-control measures
With the monsoon hitting the national Capital, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal chaired a review meeting at the Raj Niwas directing the concerned agencies to intensify vector-control measures.
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Not only Bengaluru, whole nation is staring at an impending water crisis
The crisis is mainly being brought about by three specific factors: climate change, pollution and poor farming practices Shimla and Bengaluru are two very disparate cities. One is a quaint hill station
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Early warning system to predict dengue possible by mining data: Study
A new study has shown that an early warning system may be developed to predict dengue outbreaks by mining meteorological and epidemiological data for a given geographic area. In the study, scientists
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Mumbai records best-ever air quality at 13 since June 2015
Even as rains continued to lash the city on Monday, it marked the best recorded overall Air Quality Index (AQI) since air quality monitoring began in June 2015 for the city at 13. As per System of Air
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North may turn into a ‘dust bowl’
As North India awaits its share of Southwest monsoon, do weather occurrences in the pre-monsoon period this year (unprecedentedly violent dust storms and thunderstorms) a forewarning of an impending ecological