No heat wave conditions in India for next 5 days: IMD
The Hindu
The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall over parts of Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from April 22 to April 24.
Providing some respite, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its April 22 bulletin said there would be no heatwave conditions over most parts of the country for the next five days.
However, the IMD predicted heavy rainfall over parts of Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala between April 22 and April 24. It also said hailstorms are very likely at isolated places over Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, and over Odisha for the next three days. Hailstorm warning has been given to Bihar on April 24 and 25 and over Vidarbha on April 24.
Also Read: IMD forecasts a ‘normal’ monsoon, even as El Nino looms large
While the nation is experiencing extreme heat, the maximum and minimum temperatures were 36°C and 39°C respectively over parts of Northwest, Central and East India, interior parts of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal and Kerala and Mahe. Other parts of the country recorded a minimum of 30°C and maximum of 35°C. The Western Himalayan Region recorded 16 to 25°C.
In the last 24 hours, Jammu, Kashmir, Bihar, Telangana, North Interior Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala experienced rainfall.
Arunachal Pradesh received 4 cm rain, Assam and Meghalaya recorded 9 cm, Tripura 5 cm, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana received 4 cms of rainfall each.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.