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Less warm December to make 2025 third-warmest year | Number Theory

India, Jan. 1 -- Northern India woke up to either cloudy skies or fog on the morning of December 31, which could mean a cool end to 2025 for the region. This has one parallel with the earth on average... Read More


2025 recorded both extremes of rain | Number Theory

India, Dec. 31 -- As India witnessed rain most prominently in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh during the monsoon, large parts of the world experienced extreme rainfall in 2025. Floods in California in the... Read More


A month of commercial tourism in India | Number Theory

India, Dec. 30 -- The year end festivities see tourists travelling to the hill stations in the north, often causing traffic jams. Does this mean that this period is one of the tourism peaks in the yea... Read More


A cooler than normal start to winter 2025-26 | Number Theory

India, Dec. 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) classifies the December-February period as the winter season in India. This means that we are over three weeks into the 2025-26 winter. How ... Read More


Air quality in Delhi this year is so far worst since 2018

India, Dec. 19 -- Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 373 on December 18, according to the 4pm bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that gives the 24-hour average of AQI, ma... Read More


Who is an MGNREGS worker in India? | Number Theory

India, Dec. 18 -- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), when it came into effect in 2006, was India's biggest , a radical welfare programme which provided guaranteed... Read More


Unemployment rate down to 4.7% in November: PLFS

new delhi, Dec. 17 -- India's headline unemployment rate has decreased to 4.7% in November, the lowest in the monthly series starting April this year, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) ... Read More


How air quality deteriorated in N India in the past week | Number Theory

India, Dec. 16 -- Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was in the severe range - above 400 -- for the third consecutive day on Monday. This followed a reading of 461 on Sunday, which is classified in the s... Read More


Unemployment rate down to 4.7% in Nov

new delhi, Dec. 16 -- India's headline unemployment rate has decreased to 4.7% in November, the lowest in the monthly series starting April this year, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) ... Read More


Incompatible models, infra shortage: Why IMD struggles with the weather

New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- That the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is far from reliable in predicting rain is well-known. Why this inaccuracy exists is something more perplexing. A recent paper by t... Read More