Loss of lives during cyclones were averted due to world-class equipment: RMC ChennaiTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and other leaders of the ruling DMK have alleged that IMD has inaccuracies in its forecast. As many as...
24 Dec, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Rain fury claims 25 lives as fifth thunderstorm in a month batters MumbaiMumbai recorded over 250 mm of rain in just three hours (between midnight and 3am), touching 305 mm by 7 am on Sunday, a meteorologist said...
18 Jul, 2021, 06.09 PM IST
How to protect Mumbai from future cyclonesMumbai’s infrastructure that monitors weather systems also failed when called upon the most. The western coast has five doppler radars to t...
23 May, 2021, 06.45 AM IST
Cyclone 'Amphan' rolls towards Indian shores, unleashes downpour, flattens dwellingsDespite losing its force a bit since Tuesday, the storm, which was categorised as super cyclone at one point of time, has left the two east...
20 May, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
'Amphan' moves closer to Odisha coast, rain lashes several areasIn the morning, 'Amphan' lay centred over west-central Bay of Bengal, about 520 km south of Paradip (Odisha), 670 km south-southwest of Dig...
19 May, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
Doppler effect: Miss a zero, miss motion of waves“In the absence of DWR, IAF was resorting to estimation of the approaching weather by manual visual observation,” the CAG recorded, ironica...
15 Feb, 2019, 08.35 AM IST
CAG highlights shortcomings in safety facilities at forward IAF airfieldsThe CAG also found inadequacies in facilities such as restoration of runways after bombing, modernisation of airfield infrastructure, aircr...
07 Aug, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
Bangalore startup comes under radar for potentially driving autonomous car revolutionSteradian Semiconductors is jumping on the self-driving bandwagon to develop a radar-based system that would make smart cars see better and...
05 Jan, 2018, 01.21 PM IST
India takes gloves off in battle with capricious weatherThe supercomputers will boost the data processing capacity by more than 6 times. The agency is also adding Doppler radars to measure veloci...
07 Sep, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
- Rain Museum and Research Centre to be set up at Sohra
Sohra, erstwhile Cherrapunjee, will now have a Rain Museum and a Research Centre, as per the plans mooted by Meghalaya government.
17 Apr, 2016, 02.26 PM IST
Doppler radar to be commissioned in Odisha's Gopalpur next monthAfter Maharashtra government and the Centre came under fire over the handling of the 2005 deluge in Mumbai, the IMD expedited the process o...
28 Feb, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
Russia thinks its monstrous new super-tank can resist all of NATO's anti-tank weaponsIn addition to the ERA, the Armata will feature an Afganit active protection complex, a system that uses Doppler radar to detect incoming p...
25 Jun, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
Cyclone Hudhud: Tens of thousands evacuated along Andhra Pradesh coastNational Disaster Response Force has deployed 19 teams (each comprising 45 to 50 members) to undertake rescue and relief missions.
11 Oct, 2014, 01.07 PM IST
- Natural disaster-prone Orissa roping ISRO, NRSC
A decade after the natural calamity-prone Orissa got devastated by Super Cyclone, the Naveen Patnaik government is taking help of technolog...
29 Oct, 2009, 07.40 PM IST
- BEL to export anti-infiltration radar to Indonesia
Striving for long to break into the lucrative arms export market, India has finally managed to get a toehold by bagging an order for sale o...
05 Aug, 2007, 01.50 PM IST