India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government is aware of the recent report by IPE Global and Esri India, which finds that cities in India will face a two-fold rise in heatwave days and an increase in extreme rainfall events by 2030. It reveals that by 2030, climate change is expected to drive a 43% rise in the intensity of extreme rainfall events across India, making the country hotter and wetter. India Meteorological Department (IMD) continuously...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The design and integration of the human submersible (MATSYA-6000) to carry three persons to a depth of 6000 meters, completed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, as part of the Deep Ocean Mission. The wet harbour trials of MATSYA-6000 were successfully conducted in January-February 2025 at L&T Shipbuilding Facility in Katupalli, near Tamil Nadu. MATSYA-6...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) and other MoES institutions have been using AI-based tools for experimental weather and climate forecasting. These include the Advanced Dvorak Technique (AiDT) used for estimate cyclone intensity, AI/ML-based foundation, hybrid (AI+Dynamical) models for weather prediction,etc. The following are the research works done in AI/ML related to weather forecasts. Short-range global ...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Being the nodal agency for landslide studies, Geological Survey of India (GSI) has completed the landslide susceptibility mapping under the National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (NLSM) programme on 1: 50,000 scale for the entire landslide prone hilly/ mountainous areas of the country including the Himalayan region, the Tertiary Belt of North-eastern India and Western Ghats, spreading over parts of 19 states/ UTs co...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The real-time communication channels that exist between India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), National Centre for Seismology (NCS), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), various scientific institutions such as Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and State Governments for data sharing. It is also important to mention that IMD and NCS -MoES s...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The expenditure under ten percent Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) mechanism of Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes by non exempted Ministries/Departments/Organizations(MDOs) is monitored by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. In accordance with the Department of Expenditure's Office Memorandum dated 5th May 2017, quarterly review meeting with all non-exempted Ministries/Departments is regularl...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Plate Cutting Ceremony of Yard 16404, the fourth in a series of six Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG), took place in Mumbai on August 20, 2025. Designed, developed, and built indigenously, these 117-meter-long vessels are capable of speeds up to 23 knots, with an operational range of 5,000 nautical miles. Equipped ...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The 6th High-Level Meeting (HLM) between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on August 20, 2025, under the framework of the 2015 Memorandum of Understanding on Coast Guard Cooperation. The discussions centered on enhancing collaboration in Maritime Search and Rescue, Maritime Law Enforcement, Marine Pollution Response, and Capacity Building. Special focus was placed...
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile 'Agni 5' was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on August 20, 2025. The launch validated all operational and technical parameters. It was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi along with his wife Mrs Sunita Dwivedi, President AWWA, on August 20, 2025, pledged to donate their organs at Army Hospital (Research & Referral), giving a significant boost to the Armed Forces Organ Retrieval & Transplantation Authority (AORTA). The initiative aims to encourage awareness and inspire the Armed Forces community to lead the nation in organ donation. ...