Tag: Rain
Long before Delhi turned to aircraft-based cloud seeding to clean its toxic air, a scientist in Kolkata was trying to make rain using hydrogen balloons, chemicals and persistence. Dr Sudhangshu…
3 min readUpdated: Jul 2, 2026 03:02 PM IST After a viral video purportedly showed bundles of examination papers floating in Bihar’s Buxar district, the district education department claimed the…
In 1952, Dr. Sudhangshu Kumar Banerji, former Director General of the India Meteorological Department, achieved something extraordinary—he created India’s first artificial rainfall using hydrogen-filled balloons instead of expensive aircraft. Despite…
A scene near Mannagudda in Mangaluru during rains. In Dakshina Kannada district, Mulky recorded the maximum 199.5 mm rainfall on July 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH India…
The arrival of the monsoon in India is more than just a change in weather. It is a season of anticipation. Farmers scan the skies, children wait for the first…
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A mid-season rule change has backfired on the AFL after the review centre (ARC) was unable to intervene on a bizarre set of circumstances in the fourth quarter of Port…