Abhishek Jha

1 day ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

To be sure, some places in north-eastern states continued to be unusually rainy even on June 4 and June 5. However, according to IMD’s gridded data, an unusually large amount of rain was widespread in the region during a five-day period. This can be seen by comparing daily rain in 2025 with the long period average (LPA) of rain for those days. LPA is the average rain during the 1971-2020 period and is used to track rain’s performance.

1 day ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

The number of people that died on account of natural disasters (including extreme weather events) was 3080 in 2024-25, the highest since 2013-14 according to a provisional estimate of the number from the Disaster Management (DM) division of the home affairs ministry, although the number is likely to be a significant underestimate, if past trend data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is any indication.

5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

This question became all important on May 26, the day the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared monsoon onset (the monsoon at this time of the year is called the southwest monsoon) over Mumbai. As HT’s Mumbai edition reported on May 27, scientists not affiliated with the IMD debated if the monsoon had indeed arrived over the city. Without knowing what the southwest monsoon is, one cannot decide who among the two is right. So who among the IMD and non-IMD scientists is right?

5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Roshan Kishore |Abhishek Jha

Young men most likely to move out of farm sector | Number Theory Jun 02, 2025 09:03 AM IST . Shifting workers out of agriculture is India’s biggest structural transformation challenge. Headline numbers suggest that it has made some progress on this front. Official employment data shows that agriculture’s employment share has fallen from 64.5% in 1993-94 to 46.1% in 2023-24. To be sure, agriculture’s employment share has been relatively flat in the last few years.

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Abhishek Jha

Internet usage is reaching a saturation point in India but only 18% of Indians know how to report cyber-crimes, a government survey released on Thursday said. Usage, driven by smartphones and mobile data, is higher for the younger age groups. However, despite regular use (most respondents reported using the internet daily), even the young are poorly equipped for tasks related to education and work, like creating a document or a presentation, says the survey.