New Delhi
It's a pleasant Monday morning for Delhiites and people residing in the National Capital Region.
The citizens woke up to a thunderstorm on Monday, with parts of the city recording
strong winds, rainfall, and a sharp drop in temperature.
Reports say at 8.30 am on Monday, May 23, the temperature had dipped to 18.2 degree Celsius giving relief to the residents from the scorching heat of the last one month.
The rainfall recorded on Monday is the city’s first storm of ‘moderate intensity’ this summer, according
to India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientists.
The Safdarjung weather observatory recorded 12.3 mm of rainfall between 5.30 am and
8.30 am which is categorised as ‘moderate’ rainfall. But the 'highest amount of rainfall' so far
was recorded at the Aya Nagar weather observatory — 52.2 mm — which is categorised
as ‘rather heavy’ downpour.
Strong winds uprooted trees in several areas, reports said.
It is worth mentioning that on May 15-16, the mercury had touched 49.2 degrees Celsius at
Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi while Najafgarh areas had recorded 49.1 degrees Celsius.
This summer, severe heatwave prevailed in Delhi and adjoining places including in Haryana.
Neighbouring Gurugram in Haryana witnessed a temperature of 48.1 degrees Celsius around May 16,
the highest since May 10, 1966, when the city logged 49 degrees Celsius.
Hisar also experienced a high of 47.3 degrees Celsius.
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Hindi of a Japanese kid impresses PM Modi
Nirendra Dev
New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with children outside the hotel in Tokyo. One Japanese kid left Modi
impressed with his Hindi.
The grade-5 boy was waiting for the Prime Minister with a drawing of the Indian flag. The Prime Minister praised
him for his fluency in Hindi as the boy introduced himself to Mr Modi in Hindi.
"Waah....Kahan se seekh liya tumney Hindi (Where did you learn Hindi...you know it pretty well),"
the Prime Minister told his young host.
“…Can’t speak Hindi much, but I understand…Prime Minister read my message, and I also got
his signature, so I am very happy…,” said Wizuki later.
Besides attending the crucial Quad Summit and interacting with US President Joe Biden and
new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Mr Modi has said that strengthening the
India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership will be the aim of his visit.
The Prime Minister is in Japan for a two-day visit to attend the Quad summit.
“Landed in Tokyo. Will be taking part in various programmes during this visit including the Quad Summit,
meeting fellow Quad leaders, interacting with Japanese business leaders and the vibrant
Indian diaspora,” PM Modi tweeted in both Japanese and English.
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Development journey changed in the northeast under Modi, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the development journey in the northeast changed dramatically under the NDA regime led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“It may be a cabinet meeting or an important government function, the Prime Minister (Modi) first asks for suggestions to develop the northeastern states. All villages in Arunachal Pradesh are now connected by roads, electricity and water supply. These were something like a distant dream a decade ago,” the Minister said.
Mr Rijiju, who represents Arunachal Pradesh’s West parliamentary constituency in Lok Sabha, also said that the successive Congress governments at the Centre did not want to build proper roads in the Arunachal Pradesh villages along the India-China border as they feared that the initiative could facilitate the passage of army personnel from China.
Addressing a public rally at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday (May 22), Rijiju said the scenario changed after the NDA came to power at the Centre.
“Former defence minister A K Anthony had openly disclosed in Parliament that the governments, since Independence, stuck to the policy of avoiding road construction along the China border out of fear that Chinese army and people would move into the Indian territory and disturb peace. It is with this mindset, the successive governments at the Centre ruled the country for decades without thinking about the development of people,” he said.
Rijiju noted that the Prime Minister entrusted him with the responsibility to ensure that every development scheme reaches the last mile and the last person.
“We did not want to distort the relations with our neighbouring country, while also ensuring that steps were taken to protect every inch of our territory. With this thought process, the Prime Minister started making plans, and today we are witnessing the light of development,” he added.
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