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Number Theory: Three charts which explain the election results

What explains these results? Here are three charts that give an idea.

BJP workers celebrate the party's victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Navi Mumbai, on Saturday. (PTI)

Editors Pick

Published on Nov 24, 2024 03:28 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

The rise and rise of BJP in Maharashtra

With 235 out of 288 assembly seats, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance registered the biggest win in the state for any alliance or party since the 1972 election.

BJP workers celebrating victory in Mumbai on Saturday. (MAHENDRA KOLHE/HT PHOTO)

India News

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 05:01 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

How did the JMM win Jharkhand?

This is the third time in a row the JMM alliance has increased its seat count in the ST reserved ACs at the cost of the BJP.

INDIA bloc supporters celebrate in the Jharkhand Assembly elections in Ranchi on Saturday. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 04:16 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Weather Bee: What is at stake in Baku?

While all COPs have the mandate to mitigate the climate crisis, the ongoing one is being termed as the ‘finance COP’.

The venue of the United Nations climate change conference ‘COP29’ in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Reuters Photo)

Environment News

Published on Nov 22, 2024 07:06 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Behind air crisis: High baseline pollution, multiplicity of factors

Delhi's pollution remains severe, with AQI at 441. Reducing sources won't suffice; a unified effort beyond politics is crucial for improvement.

Vehicles ply on a road as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality worsened due to air pollution, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

India News

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 08:48 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Understanding AQI, and if it precisely depicts worst days

AQI is calculated by a predefined formula on the concentrations of different pollutants and then condensing the result to a single number.

A woman covers her face on a cold and smoggy morning in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India News

Published on Nov 20, 2024 09:07 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Weather Bee | More than one dataset can breach the 1.5°C threshold this year

Divergence between datasets means that the breach of the 1.5°C threshold can be a staggered event with different datasets reporting the event in different years

Raisen, Nov 13 (ANI): A hot air balloon flies in the air over UNESCO's world heritage site Sanchi Stupas during a hot air balloon show. (ANI Photo) (Sanjeev Gupta)

Environment News

Published on Nov 17, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Why Maharashtra’s agrarian politics is complicated and different

An HT analysis of relevant statistics shows that agriculture in Maharashtra is very different from large parts of the country

Editors Pick

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 10:30 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Air was bad even before ‘severe’ AQI

Data analysed by HT shows 14 days of back-to-back “very poor” air days

HT has made a comparison for AQI only since 2018 because the number of air monitoring stations in Delhi prior to 2018 were less. (AFP photo)

India News

Published on Nov 14, 2024 11:40 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Air at 8 out of 10 hot spots in Delhi hasn’t improved much in 5 years: Data

Delhi's pollution hotspots show minimal air quality improvement since 2019, with PM2.5 levels remaining high and inconsistent across monitoring stations.

Among the 10 most polluted stations in 2019, eight have shown less improvement than the average, suggesting no substantial progress at these hot spots. (ANI)

Delhi

Updated on Nov 11, 2024 10:18 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: An educational explanation of Sino-Indian economic divergence - 2

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This is the second of a two-part series on the role of education in Sino-Indian economic divergence(ANI)

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Published on Nov 08, 2024 07:25 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: An educational explanation of Sino-Indian economic divergence - I

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This is the first of a two-part series on role of education in Sino-Indian economic divergence. The 2nd part will use the findings from a recently published paper to link educational divergence between China and India to economic divergence.(REUTERS FILE PHOTO)

Editors Pick

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 07:08 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha, New Delhi

Weather Bee | What a forecast for 1.5°C warming in 2024 means

New climate data from the C3S shows that 2024 is almost certain to be the first year with temperatures exceeding the pre-industrial average by more than 1.5°C

Scientists have weather models that can forecast temperatures with some accuracy only up to a few weeks, and they are very accurate for only a few days ahead. So, how are they certain what global temperatures will average up to December? (HT File Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Environment News

Published on Nov 08, 2024 07:30 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: What explains Donald Trump's electoral resurrection?

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Editors Pick

Published on Nov 07, 2024 09:40 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Sreedev Krishnakumar

Drastic drop in Punjab farm fires, but late harvest a worry

NASA’s VIIRS satellite monitoring system recorded 3,916 fire incidents between September 15 and November 2 this year, compared to 11,262 during the same period last year, marking a dramatic shift in the annual stubble burning pattern that typically blankets north India in hazardous smog.

Stubble burning seen in a field, in Sangrur on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 03, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Abhishek Jha, Chandigarh/new Delhi

Number Theory: Thank the weather for post-Diwali clean air

the air quality on the morning after Diwali must not be taken as proof that fewer firecrackers were burst this year or their bursting did not pollute the air

People burn firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali at Pandav Nagar area in New Delhi on Thursday. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)(HT_PRINT)

Editors Pick

Updated on Nov 02, 2024 04:43 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Throwing caution to the wind on Diwali in Delhi

Thousands ignored the ban on firecrackers, filling the night air with a dense haze of toxic smoke that pushed pollution to hazardous levels

With all concerns of pollution ignored and little to no repercussions in sight, the night sky across NCR was ablaze with fireworks, leaving residents to deal with the consequences of an air thick with pollutants. (Parveen Kumar/HT photo)

Delhi

Updated on Nov 02, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok, Abhishek Jha

Weather Bee: Dry weather, record-low snow pack kept northern India warm in Oct

Temperatures are running warmer than normal (considered as the average temperature in the 1981-2010 period, according to IMD) in the northern half of India.

There has been no rain in Chandigarh so far this month and similar weather is expected to continue for the next two weeks. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Environment News

Published on Nov 01, 2024 12:45 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: What do onions & air-tickets tell about India’s consumer economy

Here’s what HT’s detailed analysis of unit level data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) conducted in 2022-23 shows

Editors Pick

Published on Oct 30, 2024 10:06 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Number Theory: Piecemeal efforts, passing the buck will not fix Delhi's air

This is the first of a two-part series asking for a holistic approach to Delhi’s pollution. The second part will discuss what can be done to solve the problem.

Air pollution is responsible for 30% of premature deaths in India while every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs.(PTI)

Editors Pick

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 09:50 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Weather Bee | Are two storms rare in the Bay of Bengal in October?

At least one cyclonic disturbance occurred in October in Bay of Bengal in 117 years from 1891 to 2023, which gives an 88% probability of such a storm in October

Villagers stand near damaged temporary houses following the landfall of cyclone Dana in East Midnapore district around 180km southwest of Kolkata, on October 25, 2024. Cyclone Dana uprooted trees and power lines after making landfall on India's east coast, with officials warning of more fierce weather on October 25. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)(AFP)

Environment News

Published on Oct 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Piecemeal efforts and passing the buck won’t solve Delhi’s pollution – II

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This is the second of a two-part series on Delhi’s air pollution and discusses what can be done to solve the problem(PTI)

Editors Pick

Updated on Oct 25, 2024 08:51 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore, New Delhi

Piecemeal efforts and passing the buck won’t solve Delhi’s pollution – I

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The first of the two-part series highlights why it is wrong to see India’s air pollution crisis as a Delhi-centric winter problem(HT Photo/Sunil Ghosh)

Editors Pick

Updated on Oct 25, 2024 08:53 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore, New Delhi

Number Theory: Why southern states need to re-examine their demography fears

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People in Kerala wait to cast their ballot during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (AP Photo)

Editors Pick

Published on Oct 23, 2024 09:41 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: Growth in tandem with social justice holds key for Jharkhand

This is the 2nd of a two-part series on economic backwardness of STs in Jharkhand. The 1st part looked at the increase in their economic backwardness over time.

Women in Jharkhand wait to cast their ballot during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.(Bloomberg Photo)

Editors Pick

Published on Oct 22, 2024 09:03 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Number Theory: Poverty and Scheduled Tribe identity in Jharkhand

This is the first of a two-part series on economic backwardness of STs in Jharkhand. The second part will look at the reason for economic backwardness of STs.

Voters show their ID cards before casting their ballot.(HT Photo)

Editors Pick

Published on Oct 21, 2024 09:36 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Do floods in peninsular India mean an extreme start to northeast monsoon?

IMD classifies 24-hour rain into nine categories by absolute rainfall: from “no rain” to “extremely heavy rain”

People wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)(AP)

Environment News

Published on Oct 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Is this an unusually warm October?

Here are four charts which explain this in detail

Editors Pick

Published on Oct 15, 2024 11:14 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Record ocean temperatures fuel unprecedented hurricane activity in Florida

Warm waters in the Atlantic Ocean and cooler conditions in the Pacific are driving Florida's back-to-back hurricanes

TOPSHOT - A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida, on October 10, 2024. At least four people were confirmed killed as a result of two tornadoes triggered by Hurricane Milton on the east coast of the US state of Florida, local authorities said Thursday. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP)(AFP)

Environment News

Published on Oct 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

India’s manufacturing activity slips for the first time in 22 months

India’s industrial activity, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), contracted for the first time in 22 months in August.

he Index of Industrial Production is the only official monthly indicator which gives an idea about the level of economic activity in manufacturing in the Indian economy. (Bloomberg file photo)

India News

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 03:38 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

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What explains these results? Here are three charts that give an idea.

With 235 out of 288 assembly seats, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance registered the biggest win in the state for any alliance or party since the 1972 election.

This is the third time in a row the JMM alliance has increased its seat count in the ST reserved ACs at the cost of the BJP.

While all COPs have the mandate to mitigate the climate crisis, the ongoing one is being termed as the ‘finance COP’.

Delhi's pollution remains severe, with AQI at 441. Reducing sources won't suffice; a unified effort beyond politics is crucial for improvement.

AQI is calculated by a predefined formula on the concentrations of different pollutants and then condensing the result to a single number.

Divergence between datasets means that the breach of the 1.5°C threshold can be a staggered event with different datasets reporting the event in different years

An HT analysis of relevant statistics shows that agriculture in Maharashtra is very different from large parts of the country

Data analysed by HT shows 14 days of back-to-back “very poor” air days

Delhi's pollution hotspots show minimal air quality improvement since 2019, with PM2.5 levels remaining high and inconsistent across monitoring stations.

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New climate data from the C3S shows that 2024 is almost certain to be the first year with temperatures exceeding the pre-industrial average by more than 1.5°C

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NASA’s VIIRS satellite monitoring system recorded 3,916 fire incidents between September 15 and November 2 this year, compared to 11,262 during the same period last year, marking a dramatic shift in the annual stubble burning pattern that typically blankets north India in hazardous smog.

the air quality on the morning after Diwali must not be taken as proof that fewer firecrackers were burst this year or their bursting did not pollute the air

Thousands ignored the ban on firecrackers, filling the night air with a dense haze of toxic smoke that pushed pollution to hazardous levels

Temperatures are running warmer than normal (considered as the average temperature in the 1981-2010 period, according to IMD) in the northern half of India.

Here’s what HT’s detailed analysis of unit level data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) conducted in 2022-23 shows

This is the first of a two-part series asking for a holistic approach to Delhi’s pollution. The second part will discuss what can be done to solve the problem.

At least one cyclonic disturbance occurred in October in Bay of Bengal in 117 years from 1891 to 2023, which gives an 88% probability of such a storm in October

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This is the 2nd of a two-part series on economic backwardness of STs in Jharkhand. The 1st part looked at the increase in their economic backwardness over time.

This is the first of a two-part series on economic backwardness of STs in Jharkhand. The second part will look at the reason for economic backwardness of STs.

IMD classifies 24-hour rain into nine categories by absolute rainfall: from “no rain” to “extremely heavy rain”

Here are four charts which explain this in detail

Warm waters in the Atlantic Ocean and cooler conditions in the Pacific are driving Florida's back-to-back hurricanes

India’s industrial activity, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), contracted for the first time in 22 months in August.

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