Weather

June 25 (India Today) - The much-awaited monsoon finally reached Mumbai, covering the entire state of Maharashtra. Declaring onset of monsoon over Mumbai, the India Meteorological Department said, "Southwest monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of central Arabian Sea, Konkan and Maharashtra, some parts of north Arabian sea and south Gujarat and some more parts of Madhya Pradesh." The...

Mahatma Gandhi had famously said that the ‘World has enough for every man’s need but not for every man’s greed'

May 15, 2019 (Reuters) - India’s monsoon rains will arrive on its southern coast on June 4 and deliver less rain than average this year, a private weather forecaster said on Tuesday, lowering prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2.6 trillion economy. Monsoon rains, the lifeblood for India’s farm-dependent economy, arrive on the southern tip of Kerala...

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New Delhi, August 8 (newsin.asia): Late last month, India inaugurated a coastal early warning system christened “Sagar Vani”. In order to effectively disseminate advisories directly from the lab to the end user, an Integrated Information Dissemination System (IDS) named as “Sagar Vani”  has been developed by ESSO-INCOIS through the Industry M/s. Gaian Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The ‘Sagar Vani’ is a...