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Meghayan 25
May 1 , 2025
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- The Indian Navy hosted the 3rd edition of the Meteorological and Oceanological Symposium - Meghayan 25.
- Meghayan-25 is an important flagship climate monitoring and data-sharing initiative launched under the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) for the year 2025.
- It is to commemorate the formation of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and celebrate WMO Day 2025 (celebrated annually on 23rd March).
- The seminar was organized in alignment with the 2025 WMO day theme - ‘Closing the Early Warning Gap Together’.
- MOSDAC-IN Web Services were launched, a joint initiative of the Directorate of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (DNOM) and SAC-ISRO.
- The Navy also relaunched its professional journal, “Sagarmanthan”, with the 10th edition being published after a decade-long gap.
- The WMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN).
- It is focused on meteorology, operational hydrology, climate, and related sciences.
- The WMO evolved from the International Meteorological Organisation (IMO), which was established in 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress.
- WMO was officially established on 23rd March 1950 with headquarters located in Geneva, Switzerland.
- It became a specialized agency of the UN in 1951.
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