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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) classifies cyclones broadly into two categories: extratropical cyclones and tropical cyclones.
🌪️🌈A cyclone is a large-scale system of air that rotates around the centre of a low-pressure area. It is usually accompanied by violent storms and bad☁️ weather.
As per NDMA, a cyclone is characterised by inward spiralling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere 🌪️⛈️
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🔍Why India will continue to rely on coal for foreseeable future
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Why India will continue to rely on coal for foreseeable future
In recent years India has steadily increased its coal production. However, it stands in stark contrast to the country’s ambitious plans of achieving net-zero. What's behind the contradiction?
Highlights
- PM Modi proposes India as the host for COP33 in 2028.
- India commits to reducing emissions intensity by 45% by 2030.
- The goal is to increase the share of non-fossil fuel to 50%.
- India aims for net zero emissions by 2070.
- PM Modi emphasizes the need for a balanced approach between development and environmental conservation at the COP28 summit in Dubai.
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RBI monetary policy: Why is the Monetary Policy Committee likely to leave repo rate unchanged? 🔗
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The Indian Express
RBI monetary policy: Why is the Monetary Policy Committee likely to leave repo rate unchanged?
Economists said that the six-member rate-setting panel of the RBI is unlikely to tinker with the repo rate — the rate at which RBI lends money to banks to meet their short-term funding needs — in the upcoming policy.
Dengue is coming to Europe: Why non-travel cases are the highest in decades 🔗
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The Indian Express
Dengue is coming to Europe: Why non-travel cases are the highest in decades
2023 saw the highest number of local, rather than imported, cases of dengue on the European mainland in nearly 80 years.
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This Navy Day, Know more about Operation Trident 🔱, and how things unfolded in 1971
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YouTube
Operation Trident - The finest hours of Indian Navy
This video is one of the most detailed accounts of the Indian Navy's Operation Trident in the India-Pakistan 1971 war. The operation is considered as the finest hours of the Indian Navy and on the basis of this very operation, Indian Navy celebrates Navy…
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The report analyses the urban challenges in Indian cities and criticises the planning mechanism, especially certain restrictions on the construction of buildings, for making cities “unlivable”.
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ThePrint
Report assessing India’s urban sprawl links slums to ‘low floor space ratio’ limits allowed for buildings
The India Infrastructure Report 2023, released by former vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu, calls for radical reforms in urban planning and development to address the issue of slums and sprawl.
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