Indian Monsoons

India needs science-based policies, climate modelling to prevent natural disasters, says Scientist Krishna AchutaRao

In the 1990s, when climate change was still a fledgling idea, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international body, was the first to prove irrevocably (in its second assessment report) that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”.

Scientists develop model to predict Indian monsoon in advance

A team of Swiss scientists has developed a novel prediction approach that can forecast Indian monsoon's yearly onset and withdrawal significantly earlier than from previously available methods.

Polls underway in rain-ravaged Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh

Polling for the second phase of Mandi parliamentary constituency began on Thursday in Himachal Pradesh's rain-ravaged Kinnaur district. Electors could be seen reaching polling stations even before voting started at 8 am. The vote cast will continue till 5 pm.