The West Garo Hills district administration in Meghalaya, India, has ordered the closure of all primary, upper primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools in the district from April 19 to 21. The reason for this is the massive surge in temperatures in the region, which has been hovering around 37 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees […]
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Apr
Apr
RANCHI: As the summer heat intensifies across India, Jharkhand’s state government’s education department has decided to change the school timings in some districts. The new timings will be effective from April 19 to 25, and the decision was made keeping in mind the safety and well-being of the students.According to the latest order, students from […]
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Apr
Apr
The India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s headline prediction of a normal monsoon this year hides some caveats that may influence the course of the agriculture sector and economy. To start off, IMD’s forecast of the June-September monsoon at 96% of the long-period average (LPA) is at the lowest end of the 96%-104% band that is considered […]
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Mar
Mar
The deepening effects of the climate crisis are throwing traditional models of climate prediction awry and underlining the need for more sensitive mitigation and adaptation plans. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) took a step forward in responding to this trend this week, announcing plans to issue heat index (HI) readings for weather stations by calculating […]