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Incompatible models, infra shortage: Why IMD struggles with the weather

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- That the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is far from reliable in predicting rain is well-known. Why this inaccuracy exists is something more perplexing. A recent paper by t... Read More


Weather Bee: Why IMD struggles to predict daily weather

India, Nov. 28 -- That the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is anything but reliable when it comes to predicting, whether or not it will, or how much it will rain today or tomorrow, is well known... Read More


Counting volcanoes around the world | Number Theory

India, Nov. 27 -- Indians generally do not care much about volcanoes. And for good reason. There are only two of them in India and none on the mainland. But when the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcan... Read More


Unemployment rate slips to 5.2% in September quarter

New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- India's headline unemployment rate was 5.2% in the quarter ended September, according to the latest data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) published by the National St... Read More


October took us closer to the 1.5deg goal being breached | Number Theory

India, Nov. 8 -- Limiting global warming to under 1.5degC above the pre-industrial average was once a sacrosanct climate goal which now looks almost certainly redundant with a Donald Trump led US rene... Read More


Data gaps, odd patterns: Questions over Delhi AQI

India, Nov. 5 -- Delhi's official air quality index dropped from 366 to 309 between November 2 and 3, but a detailed analysis of monitoring data raises questions about the reliability of pollution rea... Read More


How reliable is Delhi's pollution data?

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Delhi's official air quality index (AQI) dropped from 366 to 309 between November 2 and 3, but a detailed examination of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data raises questio... Read More


Spike in Delhi AQI puts data under a cloud

New dELHI, Oct. 31 -- Between 4pm on October 29 and 4pm on October 30, Delhi's air quality index or AQI spiked by almost 100 points, from 279 to 373, pointing to either a sharp increase in pollution o... Read More


How IIT Kanpur's cloud seeding 'success' report ignores natural air patterns

India, Oct. 30 -- An unsigned report from IIT Kanpur, shared by Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday, contends that the cloud seeding experiment in Delhi was somewhat successful... Read More


How IIT-K 'success' report ignores natural air patterns

India, Oct. 30 -- An unsigned report from IIT Kanpur, shared by Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday, contends that the cloud seeding experiment in Delhi was somewhat successful... Read More