Forecasting Current Affairs, GK & News

National Workshop on HeatWave 2020

The National Workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave was inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka on December 5th. This 2 day workshop is being jointly organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the state government of Karnataka. The workshop will see the participation of NDMA members, officials, experts from various fields like ..

Topics: Forecasting • Heat wave • Management • Ministry of Home Affairs • National Disaster Management Authority • Nature • Weather hazards

ESPNcricinfo ties up with IIT Madras to launch Superstats AI tool to analyse cricket statistics

In Mumbai, ESPNcricinfo has partnered with IIT Madras to launch ‘Superstats’, a next level artificial intelligence tool that can analyse cricket statistics through machine learning. The tool will forecast if and how a player’s or a team’s performance can turn around a game, on real time. Superstats will analyse the game of cricket on a ..

Topics: Cognition • Cybernetics • Forecasting • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Learning • Machine learning

IMD Bulletin about the Average Temperatures in 2018: Key Facts

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a bulletin highlighting the important features about the climatic conditions of 2018: India’s average mean monthly temperatures were “warmer than the normal” during all the months of the year except December. This more than normal mean monthly temperature is attributed to global warming. The annual mean surface air temperature ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Forecasting • Global warming • IMD • Indian Meteorological Department • meteorological observations • Ministry of Earth Sciences • weather services

India Meteorological Department (IMD) launches new EPS to predict severity and intensity of weather

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has launched a new Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS) to provide probabilistic weather forecasts up to the next 10 days. According to IMD, these new systems shall improve upon deterministic forecasts that are prone to high margins of error. These systems also use a higher resolution 12 km grid scale, instead ..

Topics: Broadcasting • Ensemble forecasting • Forecasting • India Meteorological Department • Meteorology • National Weather Service • Physical geography • Sky • Statistical forecasting • Weather forecasting

The Karnataka government ties up with Microsoft to develop India’s first Farm Price Forecasting Model

The Karnataka Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with software giant Microsoft India to develop a unique “farm price forecasting model” using latest IT tools in a bid to help farmers, administrators and other stakeholders to understand the market behaviour in advance. The proposed initiative is said to be the first-of-its-kind in the ..

Topics: Agriculture in India • Business • Economy • Forecast model • Forecasting • Kharif crop • Macroeconomic model • Statistical forecasting • Supply chain management