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Sikkim
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Ladakh
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Himachal Pradesh
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Uttarakhand
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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s highest meteorological centre has been inaugurated in Ladakh.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, the Leh centre is the second MC located in the Himalayas. A video showing gunfire at the police chief’s office in Pakistan’s Karachi has surfaced online. Pakistani Taliban in a brief statement claimed responsibility for the assault.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Director General of Meteorology is the Head of the India Meteorological Department, with headquarters at New Delhi.
Detailed explanation-4: -A disastrous tropical cyclone struck Calcutta in 1864 and this was followed by failures of the monsoon rains in 1866 and 1871. In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central authority.