India Launches Bharat Forecast System: India’s leap forward in weather prediction and disaster management

India on Monday launched the indigenously developed high-resolution Bharat Forecast System (BFS) to boost tracking of monsoons and improve disaster management. The Bharat Forecast System was launched by India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It has the potential to forecast with a 6 km resolution — the highest in the…

Monsoon Update: Heavy rain alert in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Bengaluru and other states

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Karnataka including Bengaluru, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some more parts of west central & North Bay of Bengal, remaining parts…

Centre steps up fight against E-commerce dark patterns, holds high-level meet with Amazon, Flipkart, Meta & others

Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, will lead a high-level stakeholder meeting on Wednesday in New Delhi to address the growing concerns around dark patterns used by e-commerce platforms. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs confirmed that representatives from all major online sectors — including food delivery, travel, electronics, cosmetics, clothing, pharmacy, and retail —…