Depression forms over Arabian Sea
The Hindu
It is expected to reach the Gujarat coast by the morning of May 18.
The well-marked low pressure area over the Arabian Sea has concentrated into a depression in the Lakshadweep region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It lies about 80 km south-southwest of Aminidivi and 360 km west-southwest of Kannur in Kerala and 1170 km south-southeast of Veraval, Gujarat. “'It is very likely to intensify into a deep depression during the next 12 hours and into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent 12 hours. It is very likely to intensify further,” the IMD said. It is expected to reach the Gujarat coast by the morning of May 18.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.