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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

receive names in alphabetical order, and women and men's names are alternated. Nations in the
Northern Indian ocean began using a new system for naming tropical cyclones in 2000.
How are cyclones named in Indian Ocean?

f WMO/ESCAP: In 2000, a group of nations called WMO/ESCAP (World Meteorological
Organisation/United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), decided to
start naming cyclones in the region. The group comprised of Bangladesh, India, the Maldives,
Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

f WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC) in its Muscat Session agreed to assign names to the
tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, commencing from 2004, based on a list of
names provided by the member countries
f IMD is the RSMC for North Indian Ocean and is responsible for tracking and naming the tropical
cyclones in the region. It names them as per this list in alphabetical order, after the storms have
formed over this region and reached the relevant intensity.
f WMO/ESCAP increases to 13 members: The WMO/ESCAP expanded to include five more countries in
2018 — Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
f New List: In April 2020, IMD released a list of 169 names of future tropical cyclones that would
emerge in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
f Criteria: The Panel On Tropical Cyclones (PTC) accepts the names proposed by the members based on
the following criteria
f Name should be politically, culturally, religiously and gender neutral. Name should not hurt the
sentiments of any group of population over the globe.
f It should not be very rude and cruel in nature. It should be short, easy to pronounce.

f The maximum length of the name will be eight letter.
f It should be provided with its pronunciation and voice over.
f No Repetition: The names of tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean will not be repeated

PM WANI

f The objective is to provide public Wi-Fi service through Public Data Offices (PDOs) spread across the
length and breadth of the country just like what PCOs (Public Call Offices) did for telephone spread in
India.
f The Public Wi-Fi Networks will be set up by Public Data Office Aggregators (PDOAs).

f This was first recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in 2017.
f The Public Data Offices (PDOs) will be there with no requirement of the license, registration, or any
other fees.
Key Highlights:
f The PDOs will either provide internet on their own or will lease from some other Internet Service
Provider (ISP).
f A central registry will be set-up which will maintain details of all app providers, PDOAs and PDOs and it
will be handled by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT).

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