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Dry Days Ahead: Monsoon likely to be below normalIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...30 May, 2026, 05.30 AM IST- India to get below normal rainfall with precipitation less than 90% of LPA: IMDIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the Long Period Average (LPA). ...29 May, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
- Trump invites Chinese President to White House, Xi calls for "new chapter" in tiesUS President Donald Trump extended an invitation to Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a White House summit in September. Trump praised the stro...14 May, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
- NASA Satellite Captures Fiery Autumn Transformation in PatagoniaNASA's Landsat 9 captured stunning images of Patagonian forests ablaze with autumn colors on April 12, 2026. This vibrant display, driven b...30 Apr, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
- IMD issues yellow alert for rain, snow in Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh is under a yellow alert for rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and snowfall from March 28, with activity peaking on March 29-...28 Mar, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
- Extreme climate risks may hit early: 2°C warming could unleash 4°C level disasters, study warnsSevere droughts and intense rainfall, usually seen with higher global warming, may happen even with a 2 degrees Celsius rise. This threaten...26 Mar, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
- Sky Oceans: How a Single Storm Can Carry More Water Than Earth’s Largest RiverInvisible atmospheric rivers, long bands of water vapor, transport more moisture than the Amazon River. These "rivers in the sky" are cruci...23 Feb, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
- A Deluge for the Sahara: Satellites Tracked Extreme Rain Where It Feels ImpossibleIn September 2024, intense rainfall, exceeding 200 millimeters in some areas, transformed parts of the Sahara Desert, filling dry basins an...20 Feb, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
- Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming: StudyState-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study pu...27 Nov, 2023, 10.03 PM IST
- Delhi's draft climate action plan aims to reduce dependence on hydropower from other statesAs Delhi prepares for the impact of climate change, the city government's draft action plan proposes a reduction in the national capital's ...07 Aug, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
- UN’s ‘code red’ warning on climate change: Key takeaways for India10 Aug, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
- Orange alert for 'moderate to heavy' rain in DelhiMeT officials said Delhi is in for a week-long spell of "light to moderate" rain with the monsoon trough passing through the region.28 Jul, 2021, 10.43 AM IST
- New method to predict heavy rainfall, extreme storms"What our method tells you is, for California, we are very confident that heavy precipitation will increase by the end of the century," sai...03 Jan, 2017, 06.59 PM IST
- Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas: StudyThey were left with 217 stations with complete records for the period 1973-2012, most of which were located at airports close to urban area...30 Jan, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
- Days of evenly spread rainfall are past, warn scientistsClimate scientists say days of evenly spread rainfall are past and globally, there is a growing instance of torrential downpours separated ...05 Aug, 2014, 04.44 AM IST
- Global warming reaches Tibet; extreme weather on plateauGlobal warming has reached the snow-capped Himalayas in Tibet region as the Tibetan plateau is registering rising temperatures and extreme ...23 Mar, 2014, 03.57 PM IST
- Heavy rain due to manmade warming: StudyHuman beings may be partially to blame for the increasing intensity of rain and snowstorms, says a new climate study published on Thursday.19 Feb, 2011, 03.25 AM IST
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