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IMD to install 200 automatic weather stations across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune

New Delhi, 16 Jan (UNI) In a bid to strengthen hyperlocal, real-time weather forecasting, the Minister of Earth Science, Jitendra Singh, on Thursday announced the launch of 200 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) across four major metropolitan cities.
Speaking at the 151 foundation day celebration of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minister said that 50 AWS will be installed each in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune this year to improve weather prediction and bolster disaster preparedness in these densely populated urban regions.
The dense network of weather monitoring stations will provide granular and high-resolution spatial data, enabling more accurate prediction of sudden downpours, thunderstorms, extreme heat events, and rapid pressure changes, the minister added.
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Delhi Zonal Office, on Wednesday said it has attached 247 immovable properties worth Rs 10,021.46 crore located in SAS Nagar, Rupnagar, Zirakpur and Mohali in connection with its ongoing investigation into large-scale financial fraud involving a collective investment scheme operated by PACL Ltd. and related entities.

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ED attaches USD 55 69 million foreign assets of Winzo; total proceeds of crime pegged at Rs 3,522 crore

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New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, on Wednesday said it has attached movable properties and seized bank accounts maintained in the US and Singapore, amounting to USD 55.69 million (approximately Rs 505 crore), held in the names of overseas shell companies of Winzo Pvt. Ltd., namely Winzo US Inc. and Winzo SG Pte. Ltd. and allegedly operated and controlled by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore.

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Galgotias University apologises over AI Summit controversy, vacates Expo premises

18 Feb 2026 | 8:25 PM

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