This year, sweltering and high temperatures in Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, unusual heatwaves in Himachal Pradesh, and dry and hot weather across Gujarat and Maharashtra marked the beginning of March — a month that climatologically sees a slow transition from winter to summer. To understand that, we must first understand Western Disturbances. These are…
India on Wednesday (March 25) revealed its climate targets for 2035, promising to make further progress on cutting the carbon intensity of its economy, expanding the deployment of renewable energy and creating carbon sinks from forests and trees. India said it would ensure that at least 60% of its electricity installed capacity in 2035 was…
It was in December 2023, during the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to host the 2028 edition of this annual meeting in India. A public and explicit offer to host a COP meeting, five years in advance, and that too from a head of state, was extremely rare, and…
After seven consecutive years of fairly good rainfall in the monsoon season, India seems to be finally running out of luck. This year’s monsoon is expected to be relatively dry, according to the forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In its first forecast for the coming rainy season, IMD on Tuesday said the country…
4 min readJalandharApr 22, 2026 06:06 PM IST April this year is once again turning unusually hot in Punjab and Haryana, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing repeated heatwave alerts for several districts over the past few days. Traditionally, heatwave conditions in the region were associated with May and June, but over the past…
This year’s monsoon season is likely to bring below-normal rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the country as a whole was expected to receive only 92% of normal rainfall this season. This forecast, however, does not capture the intra-seasonal and regional variations in rainfall that are a standard feature of Indian monsoon. These…
Light to moderate rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday brought an end to a week-long spell of heatwaves in most parts of north and central India, the first of the season. And another heatwave spell is unlikely for the next two weeks at least, according to the latest forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). But…
4 min readUpdated: May 2, 2026 08:44 AM IST Scientists are increasingly alarmed about the stability of a vast system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, after new research suggested it could weaken far more severely than previously thought. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which regulates climate across much of the globe, may slow…
Weather terms explained: India is headed into a summer of compounding extremes. A fresh Western Disturbance is set to bring unseasonal rain to the north, an El Niño year threatens a weak monsoon and intensified heatwaves, and the humidity is already making temperatures feel far worse than the thermometer reads. Western Disturbances are east-moving rain-bearing…
Earlier this week, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that a 10% water cut will be imposed starting Friday (May 15). Mumbai is considered India’s financial capital, and the BMC is the country’s richest civic body. According to the budget for the financial year 2026-27, the BMC’s water supply project and the hydraulics engineering department…
