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Monsoon arrives in Delhi but only patchy rains likely

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monsoonNew Delhi : A day after the long awaited monsoon arrived in the national capital, weather experts on Monday poured water on the hopes of Delhiites forecasting only patchy rains with little possibility of sustained downpour.

“The Monsoon has arrived. Patchy rains are expected in Delhi on Monday. We don’t see heavy rains coming any sooner yet, though it might rain well on Tuesday for some time,” an official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told IANS.

The Monsoon rains here have also been deficient, but improved from 11 percent deficiency on June 29, the day Monsoon normally arrives in Delhi, to six percent on Sunday, July 3 — its officially declared date of arrival this year.

According to Mahesh Palawat of private weather forecaster Skymet, Delhi has not received typical Monsoon rainfall for the past five years.

“Normal Monsoon, in which it continues raining or drizzling for many hours, is because of the formation of Altostratus or Stratus clouds which are low and mid-sheet type. In Delhi, we are only getting Cumulonimbus clouds resulting in patchy rains for a short span of time,” Palawat told IANS.

Experts say that climate change, disturbance in green cover, urbanisation around Delhi and NCR as well as change in the pattern of Monsoon at large are some of the reasons why Delhi no longer receives good rainfall.

The rains in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday night were patchy and varied widely from one place to the other.

On Sunday night, the Delhi Ridge received overall maximum rainfall of 66.5 mm, Aya Nagar got 1.9 mm, Pusa one mm, Palam 7.8 mm, Safdarjung 45.2 mm, and Lodhi Road 56.8 mm. One millimetre (mm) of rainfall translates to one litre of water per square metre.

“Earlier the atmospheric pressure in Bay of Bengal moved north-west towards Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, eastern Bihar, and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Now it shows westerly movement. So central India received better rainfall,” Palawat said.

While Delhi is expected to be rain-deficient, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha in Maharashtra will receive good rainfall over the next three days.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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