Rijiju takes charge of Earth Sciences Ministry
The Union minister said his priority would be to execute the Deep Ocean Mission, a flagship scheme of the prime minister for the exploration of polymetallic nodules containing rich minerals.
The Union minister said his priority would be to execute the Deep Ocean Mission, a flagship scheme of the prime minister for the exploration of polymetallic nodules containing rich minerals.
The low pace of surface wind blowing in the capital is very much responsible for the deterioration in the air quality, said the officials said.
By the end of the century, the temperatures of the warmest day and the coldest night are projected to rise by approximately 4.7 degrees Celsius and 5.5 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to the report.
The clarification came a day after a medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit the city. Its epicentre was near Wazirpur in the northeast of the capital.
The date for the onset of monsoon in Kerala remains the same and will arrive on June 1. The date for Chennai will be June 4, Panjim June 7, Hyderabad June 8, Pune June 10 and Mumbai June 11.
Some long-term holistic solution needs to be launched to tackle air pollution before it becomes a national issue.
The 'very severe' cyclonic storm was expected to hit Gujarat coast on Thursday but changed its course in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Thursday that isolated to very heavy rainfall are likely to hit most parts in J-K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, West and East Rajasthan.
A cyclonic circulation lies over east Bihar and in adjoining West Bengal, Jharkhand state and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to Manipur across Meghalaya in lower levels.
The government is exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning system in the disputed South China Sea,…
