Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 June 2024 English

Sanjay Kamble, a farmer and craftsman from Kerle village in western Maharashtra, makes intricate irlas (bamboo raincoats) by hand. Decreasing rainfall over the last decade and the availability of plastic …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English

Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …

MGNREGA implementation, policies on fisheries, rain fed dry land agriculture, climate crisis, biodiversity


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 January 2024 English

In this village in Madhya Pradesh, small betel leaf farmers like Prakash Bundiwaal grow this delicate vine which must withstand hot winds in summer, cold winters and heavy rains and storms.

farmers like Prakash Bundiwaal grow this delicate vine which must withstand hot winds in summer, cold winters and heavy rains


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 November 2023 English

This report published on November 28, 2023, by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and magazine Down to Earth (DTE), sheds light on extreme weather patterns in India. It …

or irregularly shaped lumps of ice fall with the rain), thunderstorms and gales (a very strong wind) rainfall happens when a region receives 64.5-115.5 mm rain in 24 hours. In the case of very heavy rainfall and cold waves, cyclones and lightning to heavy rain, floods and landslides. These disasters have claimed - September 30, 2023) Cloudburst Heatwave Heavy rain, flood and landslide Cyclone Snowfall Cold wave/cold or irregularly shaped lumps of ice fall with the rain), thunderstorms and gales (a very strong wind).


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

English translation. 57 The hilsa in danger Torrential rain outside, and steaming hot khichuri and fried hilsa


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …

the land and terrain, the canals and rivers, the rain and storms must all be examined. Take the Mughals streams and rivers, creeks and canals, torrential rain and floods. Their horses and heavy artillery would tracks. But their tyranny resumed as soon as the rain stopped, though Alivardi Khan succeeded in repelling Coping with the rivers and water bodies and the rain and storm was a vital task during any war being remoteness of the terrain, natural calamities, snow-and-rain, and other such things have often determined what


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

area depends on the kind of soil, the quantity of rain, the degree of humidity, how hot and how cold it


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

This paper has been published in the Journal of Environmental Management in November 2023. It has been written by researchers Lea S. Schroder, Amol K. Bhalerao, Khondokar H. Kabir, Jurgen …

Himalayas are vulnerable to climatic changes, as their rain-fed cultivation systems, prac- ticed on steep, sloping (Ghosh-Jerath et al., 2021). Their centuries-old rain-fed, low-input, and thus purely organic production number of non-overlapping periods with at least 10 rain-free days during the growing season (March 1st – Determinants of farmers’ adaptation to climate change in rain-fed agriculture of Pakistan. Arabian J. Geosci


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 October 2023 English

This case study on the analysis of heat stress in Delhi was written by Avikal Somvanshi and Sharanjeet Kaur. It was published by the Centre for Science and Environment, a …

Delhi is getting cooler. A change in the pattern of rain, especially unseasonal rains in the pre-monsoon


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 September 2023 English

While waiting, many lost livestock to unseasonal, heavy rains enroute

While waiting, many lost livestock to unseasonal, heavy rains enroute


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