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Weather Bee: How is monsoon performing this year

The monsoon arrival this year was far earlier than in the past. It arrived on the Kerala coast on May 24, eight days before schedule

Children play football at Kothi Beach after rain stopped during monsoon season, in Kozhikode, Kerala, on May 27. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 14, 2025 01:47 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Home Ministry data shows more under-25 deaths in 2022 than in 2021

The 2022 Sample Registration System reveals perplexing higher death rates among under-25s in India, contrasting with Civil Registration System data.

Home Ministry data shows more under-25 deaths in 2022 than in 2021
Published on Jun 14, 2025 08:34 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New delhi

12 states, UTs undercounted Covid deaths in 2022: Report

The surplus over the number of deaths that would have happened at the death rate seen in 2019, were higher than the Covid-19 tally issued by states in 2022

The CRS report shows India registered 8.6 million deaths in 2022 compared to 10.2 million in 2021. (Representational image)
Updated on Jun 07, 2025 06:36 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Weather Bee: By June 3, NE states got more than 15 days worth of rain in five

With the very early arrival of the monsoon, it is natural that the rain would be record-breaking for this part of the year.

An aerial view of houses along a road partially submerged in floodwater in Morigaon district of Assam on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 01:53 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

‘Over 3K natural disaster deaths in 2024-25’

The 3080 number was published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on June 5 

Army personnel during rescue operation after landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, Kerala. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 05:43 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Weather Bee: What is the southwest monsoon?

As the IMD itself suggests that the monsoon is not just rain, perhaps it can lay down more specific criteria for places beyond Kerala.

A commuter rides a two-wheeler amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 12:23 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Just 18% of Indians know how to report e-crimes

Internet use in India is high, especially among youth, but only 18% know how to report cyber-crimes. Gender gaps in usage are decreasing.

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Published on May 30, 2025 05:18 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Wettest in 125 years: Early monsoon, warmer days feed May rain

To be sure, there is some deviation from the LPA in most years. However, the deviation this year is far more unusual.

The southwest monsoon made its onset over Mumbai on Monday morning, announced the India Meteorological Department. This comes just a day after the monsoon arrived over Maharashtra.(Raju Shinde/HT Photo )
Updated on May 28, 2025 09:23 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Making sense of an early monsoon | Number Theory

What does an early monsoon mean for overall rainfall during the year? An HT analysis of IMD’s rainfall data and existing research answers these questions

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Updated on May 25, 2025 11:09 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

The household balance sheet puzzle in India | Number Theory

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Updated on May 18, 2025 11:14 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha

Weather Bee: How is monsoon arrival declared?

What does the arrival of monsoon mean? How does IMD decide that monsoon has arrived at a particular place?

The southwest monsoon season, which runs officially from June to September, is the rainiest period for India as a whole and most of its regions. (AP)
Updated on May 13, 2025 10:33 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Who is backward? Who is not? – II | Number Theory

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Updated on May 12, 2025 09:47 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha,

Weather Bee: May weather so far almost a mirror image of April weather

An HT analysis suggests that this is because rainfall trends in May so far have also turned into almost a mirror image of April rainfall trends.

The reason for maximum temperatures turning cooler than normal in May is that north-western and western India received rain far more than usual for this time of the year. (PTI)
Updated on May 10, 2025 12:37 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Western disturbances bring cool start to May

It has also led to relatively cleaner air in May with all days in “moderate” category so far except one when it dropped to “poor” in Delhi

IMD’s forecast shows that most of northwest and central India will be cooler than normal at least till May 15. (PTI)
Published on May 09, 2025 07:44 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, Abhishek Jha

The details of the 2 million excess deaths in 2021 | Number Theory

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People in PPE kits during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.(AFP)
Updated on May 09, 2025 08:57 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

2021 saw almost 2 million extra deaths, shows MHA data

The MCCD report counted 4,13,580 Covid-19 deaths in 2021 and 160,618 deaths in 2020.

The numbers were released in three reports released on Wednesday by the Office of the Registrar General of India (RGI), under the Ministry of Home Affairs. (HT Archive)
Updated on May 08, 2025 04:33 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Who’s backward? Who’s not? | Number Theory

This is the first of a two-part series which tracks the role of caste in lack of economic affluence in India. 

A crowded market in Mumbai.(PTI File Photo)
Updated on May 07, 2025 07:24 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha,

What we know about caste inequality in India | Number Theory

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An enumerator during Bihar’s caste survey in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on May 05, 2025 08:33 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha,

Weather Bee: Why north-west India didn’t see a pleasant April like rest of India

Most of this trend in temperatures has to do with rainfall, which was rare in north-west, west, and central regions but usual or more than usual elsewhere

India’s average maximum temperature in April was 35.11°C. (Representational image)
Updated on May 04, 2025 04:13 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

What can a caste census tell us? | Number Theory

While it will provide a lot of information which was not available earlier, the broad contours of India’s caste composition are not exactly unknown

An enumeratorcollects information for a caste-based census in Bihar.(PTI)
Updated on May 02, 2025 11:16 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha

What makes people flourish | Number Theory

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Updated on May 01, 2025 10:20 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Pitfalls of IMD's seasonal monsoon forecasts | Number Theory

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Visitors at Kartavya Path during the monsoon season in New Delhi.(Sanjeev Verma/ HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2025 08:49 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha

Weather Bee: Will 2025 be another year of 1.5°C warming?

The average so far does suggest this as a possibility, but the probability of this happening will become clearer later in the year. Here is why.

Late warming, such as in 2023, cannot be ruled out this year. (AFP)
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 01:10 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Karnataka’s broken political economy | Number Theory

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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah (middle) with deputy CM DK Shivakumar and speaker UT Khader at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
(ANI)
Published on Apr 16, 2025 08:45 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha

Monsoon forecast ‘above normal’ this year but IMD may miss the mark

An HT analysis of IMD’s first forecasts since 2001 shows that there is good reason to be circumspect about these for two reasons.

An HT analysis of IMD’s first forecasts since 2001 shows that there is good reason to be circumspect about these for two reasons. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 16, 2025 06:19 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Weather Bee: Western disturbances decreased India’s snow pack deficit in March

With around 50% deficit in the wettest hilly states and UTs, it is clear that western disturbances were not strong enough in the past month.

A sheet of snow over the Sissu Lake in Lahaul-Spiti. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 03:12 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: What the trade war means for climate crisis

Does the resulting economic environment have any implications for the climate crisis? Here is what that shows

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Updated on Apr 11, 2025 09:26 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha
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