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Abhishek Jha

New Delhi

Data Journalist at Hindustan Times

Data journalist @htTweets

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  • 5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

    There is good reason for asking this question. Of the six global temperature datasets tracked by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), five have published their data up to March for 2025. Despite the cooling effect of a La Nina, a cyclical cooling in equatorial Pacific that cools global average temperature, all five average more than 1.5°C warming relative to the pre-industrial average so far. Does this mean that 2025 will be another year of 1.5°C warming after 2024?

  • 1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Roshan Kishore |Nishant Ranjan |Abhishek Jha

    New JMM chief Hemant Soren's achievements, challenges | Number Theory Apr 17, 2025 09:04 AM IST . Hemant Soren has taken over the leadership of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) from Shibu Soren, Hemant’s father and the JMM’s founder. The change in leadership comes at a time when both Hemant and the JMM are at the peak of their political success. The political strength notwithstanding, Soren’s governance challenges are significant. Here are three charts which summarize this.

  • 1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Roshan Kishore |Abhishek Jha

    Karnataka’s broken political economy | Number Theory Apr 16, 2025 08:45 AM IST . The first part of this series explained why the Siddaramaiah government’s plan to re-stratify reservations in the state is a risky political strategy that aims to resurrect the AHNDA coalition which Devraj Urs perfected in the 1970s.

  • 1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

    India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) first monsoon forecast -- it was released on April 15 — has projected above normal monsoon rainfall in 2025. This is one of the most keenly watched numbers not just by those who follow the weather but also economic analysts because of its implications for crop production and inflation. 75% of India’s annual rainfall, after all, is recorded in the June-September period, which is the official monsoon season in the country.

  • 1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

    Data for snow pack is available from NASA from October 2000. The average of the first 20 years of the data shows that the snow pack of India’s hilly states in the north starts building in October, peaks in late April, and then declines up to September. The 2024-25 cycle began with a record low snow pack. From October 1 to January 4, the snow pack remained at its lowest level for those dates every day.

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Abhishek Jha
Abhishek Jha @naalmot
11 Apr 25

Terms of Trade: Why the world is missing the Soviet Union https://t.co/Rlkmf66U1q via @Roshanjnu

Abhishek Jha
Abhishek Jha @naalmot
11 Apr 25

RT @CafeEconomics: Want some respite from the mayhem? Here is a series of essays on 29 distinguished Indian economists from the past, whose…

Abhishek Jha
Abhishek Jha @naalmot
11 Apr 25

Since trade is essential to economic growth, and economic growth is linked to carbon emissions, the trade war is bound to impact emissions as well. Here is how. https://t.co/fLaOTAEnrq https://t.co/55zlxyscT8