Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched the app MAUSAM to communicate the weather information and forecasts.
(2) The mobile app MAUSAM has been designed and developed jointly by ICRISAT’s Digital Agriculture & Youth (DAY) team, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and India Meteorological Department.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 27th July 2020,Dr. Harsh Vardhan, union minister for Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Science and Technology(DST) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched the app MAUSAM and a Knowledge Resource Centre Network (KRCN) on the occasion of 14th foundation day of MoES.
- This Mobile App is dedicated to the general public and designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts in a lucid manner without technical jargons.
- The app will provide current weather of a location that will be updated eight times in a day; share city-wise forecast for upcoming seven days; issue Nowcast warnings of severe weather events likely to occur in the immediate future along with radar-based images and information for tracking of approaching weather events.
- The mobile app has been designed and developed jointly by ICRISAT’s Digital Agriculture & Youth (DAY) team, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and India Meteorological Department.
- KRCN will be a one-point stop to access research, publications, e-resources of all institutions functioning under MoES.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1641501#:~:text=To%20further%20enhance%20this%20initiative,Mausam%E2%80%9D%20for%20India%20Meteorological%20Department.&text=The%20MAUSAM%20mobile%20App%20has,updated%208%20times%20a%20day.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mausam-indias-own-app-for-weather-forecasts/