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Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
Ozone - The protector of life on earth
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 07:57 PMआधुनिक विज्ञा के अनुसार सृष्टि के आरम्भ ,में पृथ्वी पर ओज़ोन आवरण नही था. धीरे धीरे जबय्ह आवरण बना तब इस के पश्चात हीपृथ्वी पर जीवन सम्भव हो सका. इस आवरण कोबनाए रखने के लिए वन सम्पदा पेड़ों इत्यादि का सब से महत्व पूर्ण दायित्व है. आश्चर्य होगा कि इस बात को ऋग्वेद में राजा के प्रजा के कर्तव्यों में प्राथमिकता दे कर कैसे बताया है. कृपया स्वयं देखिये.(यह लेख मैंने अंग्रेज़ी मे लिखा था)
A report of the flashfloods in Uttarakhand in August 2012
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 01:13 PMHorrifying images like the one below, where a two-storey house topples like a child's toy, are commonplace in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. This year, the mayhem due to a cloudburst claimed 31 lives and disrupted hundreds more.
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AMNear complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Resource availability for water supply to Bangalore City, Karnataka - An article published in the journal Current Science
Posted on 25 Aug, 2012 03:05 PMThis article published in the journal Current Science highlights the acute water scarcity that the city of Bangalore has been facing ove
Make the best out of the monsoons - Catch the water in the hills during 4 months of rain for later use to prevent acute water shortage
Posted on 18 Aug, 2012 11:54 AMRemember, Water harvesting Principles:
Make the running water to walk, walking water to crawl, crawling water to stay and sink
"Outbreak of dengue, malaria in eastern India" - Roundup of the week's news (6 - 12 August 2012)
Posted on 14 Aug, 2012 01:32 PMIndifferent rain causes outbreak of dengue, malaria and other vector-borne diseases in eastern India, and particularly Kolkata.
Maharashtra suspends Mahyco’s licence for Bt cotton seeds, on grounds of market malpractice in fraudulently hiking seed prices.
Floods in Orissa, Himachal and Jammu - Roundup of the week's news (30 July - 5 August 2012)
Posted on 13 Aug, 2012 12:17 PMFloods in Orissa, Jammu and Himachal
Heavy rainfall for 3 days in a row caused the Hati river in Kalahandi, Odisha to overflow on Sunday, necessitating the evacuation of at least 2,000 people. A day earlier, torrential rains caused flash floods in Jammu and Himachal Pradesh causing 200 villages to be washed off.
Worst-ever deficit monsoon
Current status of the 2012 monsoon - Press release by the Indian Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences
Posted on 07 Aug, 2012 06:25 PMThis document is a press release by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). It sheds light on the current status of monsoon 2012 and forecast for next one week. It purpose of the document, is to give a detailed description of monsoon condition in the country.