Articles by Abhishek Jha
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
Updated on Jun 14, 2025 01:47 PM IST
Abhishek 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.
Published on Jun 14, 2025 08:34 AM IST
Abhishek 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
Updated on Jun 07, 2025 06:36 PM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 01:53 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
‘Over 3K natural disaster deaths in 2024-25’
The 3080 number was published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on June 5
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 05:43 AM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 12:23 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
Young men most likely to move out of farm sector | Number Theory
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Updated on Jun 02, 2025 02:54 PM IST
Roshan KishoreAbhishek 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.
Published on May 30, 2025 05:18 AM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on May 28, 2025 09:23 AM IST
Abhishek 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
Updated on May 25, 2025 11:09 AM IST
Abhishek Jha
The household balance sheet puzzle in India | Number Theory
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Updated on May 18, 2025 11:14 AM IST
Roshan KishoreAbhishek 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?
Updated on May 13, 2025 10:33 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
Who is backward? Who is not? – II | Number Theory
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Updated on May 12, 2025 09:47 AM IST
Abhishek JhaRoshan Kishore
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.
Updated on May 10, 2025 12:37 PM IST
Abhishek 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
Published on May 09, 2025 07:44 AM IST
Jayashree NandiAbhishek Jha
The details of the 2 million excess deaths in 2021 | Number Theory
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Updated on May 09, 2025 08:57 AM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on May 08, 2025 04:33 AM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on May 07, 2025 07:24 AM IST
Abhishek JhaRoshan Kishore
What we know about caste inequality in India | Number Theory
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Updated on May 05, 2025 08:33 AM IST
Abhishek JhaRoshan Kishore
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
Updated on May 04, 2025 04:13 PM IST
Abhishek 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
Updated on May 02, 2025 11:16 AM IST
Roshan KishoreAbhishek Jha
The economic fallout of terror attacks in J&K | Number Theory
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Published on Apr 25, 2025 10:51 PM IST
Sreedev KrishnakumarAbhishek Jha
Pitfalls of IMD's seasonal monsoon forecasts | Number Theory
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Updated on Apr 21, 2025 08:49 AM IST
Akshay DeorasAbhishek 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.
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 01:10 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
New JMM chief Hemant Soren's achievements, challenges | Number Theory
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Updated on Apr 17, 2025 09:04 AM IST
Roshan KishoreNishant RanjanAbhishek Jha
Karnataka’s broken political economy | Number Theory
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Published on Apr 16, 2025 08:45 AM IST
Roshan KishoreAbhishek 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.
Updated on Apr 16, 2025 06:19 AM IST
Abhishek 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.
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 03:12 PM IST
Abhishek 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
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 09:26 AM IST
Abhishek Jha