Chennai, May 17 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced the onset of the southwest monsoon, while the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast heavy rainfall in parts of Tamil Nadu over the next few days due to prevailing weather systems over the Bay of Bengal. After several parts of Tamil Nadu experienced welcome summer showers on Saturday, bringing relief from intense heat conditions, the weather department on Sunday issued a fresh advisory warning of…
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Chennai, May 16 (IANS) A deep depression prevailing over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining west-central Bay has triggered widespread rainfall across several parts of Tamil Nadu, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue heavy rain warnings for multiple districts over the next few days.According to the weather department, heavy rainfall is likely on Saturday in Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai and Theni districts.On Sunday, Dindigul, Theni, Coimbatore and the Nilgi…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast heavy rainfall in several delta districts of Tamil Nadu over the next two days as a low-pressure area prevailing over the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify further within the next 48 hours. According to the weather department, moderate rainfall is likely across parts of coastal Tamil Nadu and districts along the Western Ghats on Wednesday under the influence of the developing weather system.Officials said…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) With the Great Nicobar Project, India can convert locational advantage into economic leverage, strategic depth and maritime influence, according to a new report.The island is remote, the project is expensive, and the execution risks are real. But the underlying logic — that geography left dormant is geography surrendered — is sound, writes Hans Kaufmann, a distinguished economist specialising in global fiscal policy, in India Narrative.Also, Great Nicobar does not “…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) An industry leader on Friday backed the Great Nicobar Project, saying its direct impact lies on safeguarding India’s communication routes, maritime interests and national security.Speaking to IANS on the ongoing debate around the project, Rawat underlined that infrastructure development — whether highways or strategic maritime hubs — must be seen in the larger context of national interest.“While ecological concerns are important, questions raised years after project…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Great Nicobar Project, work on which is underway, aims to transform the Great Nicobar into a strategic maritime and economic hub by leveraging its proximity to the global East–West shipping route and reducing dependence on foreign transshipment ports keeping in view India’s defence and national security, an official statement said on Friday. The project, which will strengthen India’s strategic presence in the Andaman Sea and Southeast Asia, seeks to balance port-led…
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate rainfall across Tamil Nadu over the next seven days, with intermittent thunderstorms and gusty winds expected in several parts of the state, as well as in Puducherry and Karaikal. According to the IMD, a low-pressure trough extending from Odisha to the Gulf of Mannar, passing through Telangana, Rayalaseema, and interior Tamil Nadu at an altitude of about 0.9 km above sea level, is influencing current weather …
Kuala Lumpur/New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Policy, introduced in 2014, provides a strategic framework that has repositioned India as a vital Indo-Pacific power with an enduring interest in Southeast Asia’s security and prosperity. Through deeper integration, enhanced connectivity and engagement in the future resilience and security support of the region, Southeast Asia has benefitted from a stronger counterbalance and India’s economic and security coopera…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, launched India’s first-ever open-sea marine fish farming project from the Andaman Sea on Sunday.The minister described the initiative as one of the first major steps in the direction of realising the Blue Economy through India’s vast ocean resources, as envisaged and repeatedly emphasised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The project was launched on-site at North Bay, Sri Vijaya Puram, during the minister’s f…