Pune MSAMB expects to export more mangoes to the US this year once it gets better quality fruits in second round

Vinson Kurian

How are western disturbances, currently busy creating weather over northwest India, positioned relative to the track of the volcanic cloud originating from Iceland?

Firdous Syed

A couple growing the delicate Muga silk in Assam has put up a valiant and ingenious fight to safeguard its livelihood against unpredictable weather conditions..

Pankaj and Konika Rabha (extreme right) travelled to remote hilly areas to obtain wild, healthy seed cocoons to produce silkworms resistant to adverse weather. - WFS

Ratna Bharali Talukdar

Cold wave across the State as temperatures dip

Concerned by the climate change that is affecting Kashmir

Sun, Not Humans, Influencing Climate, Says Scientist

Call for including disaster management in curriculum

Call to deploy high resolution global, regional climate models.

Focus areas

The session also felt the need for improving the accuracy of weather forecasting and short-term climate prediction for high impact weather events.

Another area that needed focus was the development and implementation of early warning systems for all hydro-meteorological disasters.

Vinson Kurian

Mumbai Mumbai's weather has been erratic since December, an indication of the worldwide phenomenon of climate change, says Dr R V Sharma, deputy director general, India Meteorological Department (IMD).