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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Abhishek Jha

    Limp monsoon that left swathes of India bone dry | Number Theory (opens the original)

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    Wednesday marked the end of the four-month-long southwest monsoon, which normally accounts for 75% of India’s annual rainfall. How was the rainfall performance this season? Bad is the short answer, with total monsoon rainfall being the 17th lowest since 1901 (earliest available data). This detailed analysis explains exactly what this entails. Abhishek Jha is Assistant Editor-Data at Hindustan Times. He uses statistical programming to generate newsworthy insights from large datasets. He is part o

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Abhishek Jha

    Jobless rate falls to 5% in August (opens the original)

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    India’s headline unemployment rate came in at 5% in August, marginally lower than the 5.1% figure in August last year, but increased by half a percentage point for the younger 15-29 years age group to 15.1%. This makes August at least the fourth consecutive month when headline unemployment rate has declined compared to previous year and at least the fifth consecutive month when youth unemployment rate has increased compared to previous year. These numbers are from the monthly bulletin of the Per

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Abhishek Jha

    El Nino and long-term monsoon rain patterns | Number Theory (opens the original)

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    Monsoon 2026 was widely expected to have a large rainfall deficit. This is because an El Nino – a cyclical warming of the central-eastern Pacific Ocean that crimps June-September rain in India even before its winter peak – had developed by April or May, depending on the index used. At any rate, it had enough time to suppress monsoon rainfall. However, even those casually interested in the monsoon would have noticed that there is wide geographic variation in its performance, with some regions qui

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Abhishek Jha

    Weather Bee: Bihar, UP, MP floods in six charts (opens the original)

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    Last week, Nepal experienced one of the deadliest fluvial floods in its recent history. However, Nepal rivers overflowing last week, some of which also flow down to India, had nothing to do with rain. No extreme rainfall event preceded the flood, although rain after the flood made rescue efforts difficult. This week, northern India is facing floods or flood-like situation in rivers precisely because of rain. How bad is it? What are the rivers and regions affected? Here are six charts that answer

  5. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Abhishek Jha

    SIR's cut 118mn so far: More than Brazil's '22 poll turnout | Number Theory (opens the original)

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    About 111.8 million people voted in Brazil’s 2022 general elections. India’s ongoing overhaul of its electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and the Special Revision (SR) in Assam, has so far resulted in the deletion of 118.3 million names, according to HT’s calculations. That is equivalent to 12.1% of the pre-revision electoral rolls covered by the exercise. Only 14 countries other than India and China are projected to have populations of more than 100 million in July 2026

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