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Improved fog forecasts by IITM Pune help northern airports cut winter disruptions

Dense fog conditions predicted with 60% accuracy in the past month alone, aiding aviation operations. (HT File Photo)
chandigarh news
Published on Feb 01, 2026 05:50 am IST

Cloud seeding in Delhi an experimental exercise: MoES Secretary

“Every experiment has both positive and negative outcomes, but they are all crucial for gathering data and improving our knowledge,” M Ravichandran said on the sidelines of the 11th World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Scientific Conference on Weather Modification on Nov 3. (MoES)
pune news
Published on Nov 03, 2025 06:08 am IST

Parisar launches air quality data dashboard to strengthen public awareness

Pune, India - Dec. 9, 2017:Low visibility due to smog in Pune, India, on Saturday, December 9, 2017. (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Published on Oct 10, 2025 04:54 am IST

DPCC to revive study on source of pollution in Delhi

Officials said the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which was approached for guidance, has submitted a pilot study on the tower to the Supreme Court and is awaiting further directions (HT Archive)
delhi news
Published on Aug 05, 2025 06:06 am IST

High-resolution Bharat Forecast System launched to address extreme weather events

The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology indigenously developed the Bharat Forecast System. (X)
india news
Updated on May 26, 2025 12:49 pm IST

India to become first with hi-res global weather forecast system

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On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the early onset of the southwest monsoon over India. (PTI file image)
india news
Updated on May 24, 2025 06:48 pm IST

At an AQI of 201, Pune recorded ‘poor’ air quality this Diwali

mong the four metros of Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Delhi recorded the highest AQI as 290, followed by Pune as 201, Mumbai as 190, and Ahmedabad as 187 early in the morning on November 2. (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 06:30 am IST

HC discharges two IITM officers from corruption case related to air quality displays in Pune

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mumbai news
Updated on Sept 12, 2024 07:38 am IST

Vigyan Yuva awardee Roxy Mathew Koll: Mapping climate change

Roxy Mathew Koll, winner of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Earth Scientist
india news
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:20 pm IST

Eastern heatwave part of broader Asian surge

A man takes shelter under a cardboard sheet from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi on May 3. (AFP)
india news
Updated on May 04, 2024 06:11 am IST

A study aims to show the connect between monsoon and subcontinent invasions...

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Possible linkage between climatic conditions and invasions on the Indian subcontinent during the period 6th century BCE to 16th century CE - published in the peer-reviewed Springer's Earth System Science Journal on April 4, 2024.
analysis
Published on Apr 18, 2024 09:11 pm IST

13 out of 15 monitoring stations in Pune record increase in air pollution

The air quality in Pune was recorded at moderate level with an AQI of 121 on Monday. People complained of foggy condition earlier in the day. (Shankar Narayan/HT PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 05:02 am IST

India developing a new Earth system model to improve forecasts, track climate crisis impacts

The model will also generate reliable future projections of the global and regional climate, and particularly the Indian monsoon rainfall. (PTI)
india news
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 06:12 am IST

Air quality to deteriorate in Pune in next 24 hours

As per the ‘Air Quality Early Warning and Decision Support System’, Pune on Thursday recorded an AQI of 113 with moderate air quality. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 08:14 am IST

‘Our AQI monitors are not inaccurate’

Mumbai, India - Nov. 3, 2023: A view of the Costel road in hazy weather at Haji Ali in Mumbai, India, on Friday, November 3, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
mumbai news
Updated on Nov 05, 2023 06:56 am IST

Curbs imposed in Delhi over air emergency amid ‘severe’ AQI

Kartvya Path amid heavy smog in New Delhi on Thursday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
delhi news
Updated on Nov 03, 2023 01:47 am IST

Pollution source info in Delhi may restart next week

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delhi news
Updated on Oct 28, 2023 05:54 am IST

BNCA to study rising temperature impact in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Architecture experts from city-based Banuben Nanavati College of Architecture (BNCA), will be conducting a study on urban heat effects on Pimpri Chinchwad. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
pune news
Published on Sept 12, 2023 11:34 pm IST

Early air quality warning system deployed for Mumbai

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mumbai news
Updated on Aug 27, 2023 12:39 am IST

Pune IITM to soon get 10-PetaFlop supercomputer for weather forecasting

The city-based, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) will soon get a 10-PetaFlop supercomputer, which will strengthen institute’s research and modeling capacity (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
pune news
Updated on Jul 15, 2023 10:52 pm IST

Earth records hottest day– third day running

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india news
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 08:15 pm IST

IITM in talks with MoES for upgradation of SAFAR system in Pune

Scientists at IITM said that the upgradation of SAFAR system in Pune is necessary considering more research-oriented data on air quality and weather. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
pune news
Updated on May 30, 2023 01:53 am IST

World should prepare for El Nino: WMO

A map WMO issued on expected rainfall patterns globally during El Nino years. (WMO)
environment
Updated on May 03, 2023 02:26 pm IST

Southern, western parts of Pune most affected due to rains

The IMD recorded 3.8 mm rainfall in Shivajinagar. (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 11:36 pm IST

‘Science on Tap’ brings people closer to science via informal sessions over beer

So far, 30 such sessions have been organised at various restaurants, pubs, lounges and cafés in the city. (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 04:04 pm IST

Northwest India battles ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ air quality

The air quality of Bhiwadi, Fatehabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Hisar, Jind and Ghaziabad was either in “severe” or “very poor” category as stubble fires peaked and meteorological conditions became adverse.
india news
Published on Oct 30, 2020 08:31 am IST

Is cloud seeding worth the effort? Scientists to release data

IMD’s monsoon mission coupled forecast model has ensured that the authorities are able to make a short-range prediction of rain and associated weather for five days now .
india news
Updated on Aug 20, 2020 10:26 am IST

IMD’s monsoon heavy rain forecast accuracy has improved to 70% in three years

Apart from an overall improvement in forecast reliability, IMD’s monsoon mission coupled forecast model has ensured that the authorities are able to make a short-range prediction of rain and associated weather for five days at present instead of three days, when the initiative was launched in 2012.
india news
Updated on Aug 20, 2020 10:34 am IST

A pollution link to why Delhi gets heavy winter fog

People out on a foggy morning at Moti Bagh in New Delhi, on 28 December.
india news
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 06:44 am IST

Frequency, intensity of heatwave spells rising

India may witness one of the longest heatwave spells in the last 35 years in 2019, the India Meteorological Department data suggests
india news
Updated on Jun 12, 2019 07:53 am IST
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