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October so far, the fifth coolest ever | Number Theory

India, Oct. 11 -- Large parts of India appear to be experiencing cooler than normal temperatures this month. How cold is it? An HT analysis of the gridded data of the India Meteorological Department (... Read More


Slight dip in registration of births, marginal rise in deaths in '23: CRS data

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Over 200,000 fewer births were registered in 2023 in India than in 2022, a decline of around a percent. While a marginal decline, this was the third time in the five years up to ... Read More


Slight dip in registration of births, marginal rise in deaths in '23: CRS data

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Over 200,000 fewer births were registered in 2023 in India than in 2022, a decline of around a percent. While a marginal decline, this was the third time in the five years up to ... Read More


After longest lull since 2012, year's first cyclone forms

India, Oct. 4 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a 4pm bulletin on Friday that a deep depression in the northeast Arabian Sea had intensified into a cyclone at 11.30am, ending an unu... Read More


Behind high convictions: The reality of green crime stats | Number Theory

India, Oct. 1 -- The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the 2023 edition of the Crime in India report on Monday. This report is the official source of crime statistics and their disposal by... Read More


Why headline numbers don't explain the 2025 monsoon | Number Theory

India, Sept. 30 -- The official monsoon season that runs from June 1 to September 30 ends today. According to IMD's gridded data - the only dataset that allows one to look at rainfall long term - the ... Read More


2023 NCRB data: Murder, rape fall, cybercrime cases see rise

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- A crime in India was committed every five seconds in 2023 and the total number of crimes swelled 7.2% from the previous year to 6.24 million, government data said on Monday, und... Read More


This year may be cooler, but climate crisis is far from over | Number Theory

India, Sept. 29 -- The past two years were the warmest ever recorded on Planet Earth. Almost three-fourth of 2025 is over but trends so far suggest there will be no hat-trick of the highest average gl... Read More


Weather Bee | Warmer than normal temperatures returned for first time since July

India, Sept. 29 -- Largely because this has been a rainy year, India experienced a relatively cool summer this year. While heat waves were indeed reported, they were confined enough that upward deviat... Read More


Weather Bee: Monsoon 2025 would have been wetter if intense rain wasn't concentrated

India, Sept. 19 -- Only over a week remains of the 2025 monsoon season, which generally lasts for 122 days from June 1 to September 30. How has it rained in India's this season this year? According to... Read More