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Nov 30, 2021 Outlook Web Desk In the wake of monsoon rains and water-logging, 15,111 medical camps have been set up in Greater Chennai Corporation localities in which over 4,88,000 people have participated.
Nov 27, 2021 Outlook Web Desk In IMD parlance, departure means an increase or decrease (here increase) from the average mean temperature/rainfall of the given time period based on 30 years' records.
A depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression and crossed the Odisha coast on Monday morning, bringing heavy rains to the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Jul 13, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau Normally, monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27. It covers the entire country by July 8.
If everything goes well, the monsoon is now expected to hit the national capital by July 12.
The maximum temperature recorded at the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, stood at 43.1 degrees Celsius, the highest for the month of July in nine years.
The city received 145 mm rainfall since Friday, the highest for this date in a decade
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A video of a car sinking into a well has been going viral over social media after the monsoon hits Maharashtra.
It also issued a similar `red alert' for Ratnagiri and Raigad districts in coastal Maharashtra.
The MeT department has issued a red alert in the city warning of more downpour.
Mumbai rains: A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Saturday, bringing showers in some coastal parts of the state.
Monsoon explained: After its onset over Kerala, the monsoon spreads over the entire country by July 15.
The monsoon onset over Kerala marks the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country.
The LPA of the season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1961-2010 is 88 cm.
Water is a resource that needs to be managed. But we think about water only when we run out of it.
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been protesting since Thursday against three ordinances that were passed by the central government earlier this year.
The state disaster management cell has reported disruption in half a dozen National Highways, 300 link roads, 4,440 drinking water and irrigation schemes.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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