India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has onboarded satellite-based internet provider Starlink Satellite Communication Pvt Ltd. Starlink will use Aadhaar Authentication for customer verification, which will make the entire process smooth, secure and very easy. Aadhaar, one of the most trusted digital identity systems, will ensure that customer onboarding is quick, paperless, and compliant with Know You...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) provides for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the rights of the individual to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes. The DPDP Act was enacted following an extensive and comprehensive public consultation process, during which over 22,600 comments were received on the Dig...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was initiated in April 2015 by the Government of India with a budget outlay of Rs.4,500 crore. Its vision is to achieve self-reliance and global leadership in supercomputing by giving access of state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities to researchers, addressing grand challenges, optimizing investments, and enhancing global competitiveness in key areas of supercomputing techno...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In India, there are no heat-related data or research studies to indicate the extent of impact of heat stress on the categories of people mentioned here. However, some studies conducted in other parts of the world have shown that the poor, the marginalised, migrants, subsistence workers, women, and the elderly are more prone to the impact of heat stress. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has published the Clima...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Since the implementation of the Multi-Model Ensemble (MME)-based forecasting strategy in 2021, the accuracy of monsoon predictions has shown marked improvement for2021-2024. For 2021-2024, the average absolute error of such forecasts has been 2.28% of the Long Period Average (LPA) compared to 7.5% in the preceding four years (2017-2020). The advanced technology used for monsoon forecast includes the multi-model ensemb...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The latest data on deaths due to Heat/Sun Stroke in the State/UT-wise during 2018-2022, as available from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is given in Annexure-1. Abnormal temperature events can impose severe physiological stress on the human body, as the body operates best within a fairly normal temperature range. There is a marked relationship between human mortality and ther...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government is aware of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) long-range forecast issued for the 2025 SW monsoon season. Every year, IMD issues the long-range forecast (LRF) for the monsoon season (June to September) in two stages; In April and in May. Both these forecasts issued for 2025 indicated above-normal rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon season 2025. Along with these forecasts, the expected spatial ...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: It has been observed that due to global warming, there is a rising trend in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves in various parts of the globe, including India. The trend in heatwave conditions across the country has been analysed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) based on datasets from 1961 to 2020. In general, there is an increasing trend in the frequency of heatwaves in the heat core zone covering nor...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has launched the Gram Panchayat Level Weather Forecasting (GPLWF) initiative. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), launched the GPLWF for nearly all Gram Panchayats across the country on 24th October 2024. At present, monitoring of local weather conditions across the county, including Dadra Nagar Haveli, is done th...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Mission Mausam is currently in the beginning phase of its implementation. However, once implemented, this project will help in the overall improvement of the short and medium-range weather forecast accuracy by about 5-10 %. Radars, satellite products, and AWS/ARG are needed mainly for nowcast or for very short duration forecasts for improving location-based forecasts of likely occurrences of thunderstorms and heavy ra...