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MEGHAYAN 25
- 19 Apr 2025
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The Indian Navy hosted the 3rd edition of the Meteorological and Oceanological Symposium - Meghayan 25 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’.
- Launched Initiatives: MOSDAC-IN web services, a collaboration between the Directorate of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (DNOM) and the Space Applications Center (SAC)–ISRO, were launched.
- It will provide customised satellite-derived weather products with separate log-ins for individual Naval Met Offices.
- After nearly a decade, the symposium revived its Meteorological and Oceanological journal with the launch of the 10th edition of Sagarmanthan.
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO): It was established by the ratification of the WMO Convention on 23rd March 1950, and became a specialised agency of the UN in 1951.
- It originated from the International Meteorological Organisation (IMO), which was established after the 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress.
- It is an intergovernmental organisation with a membership of 193 Member States (including India) and Territories.
- It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
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