El Niño explained: The southwest monsoon has regained strength across India after a weak start. Multiple weather systems are now actively i...

Indian stock markets surged for a fourth straight day, driven by renewed monsoon hopes following heavy rainfall and a return of foreign ins...

India's economic outlook has improved as falling crude oil prices ease inflation, strengthen the balance of payments and prompt economists ...

In the evolving world of India's microfinance sector, fresh credit risks are emerging on the horizon. The dual challenges of an unsteady mo...

The Reserve Bank of India, too, raised concerns over higher inflation due to low average rainfall and supply chain disruptions due to geopo...

Indian auto retail sales grew 9.6 percent in May, overcoming heat and fuel price concerns. Passenger vehicles led the surge, with rural mar...

Nashik is gearing up for the Kumbh Mela with massive infrastructure projects and heritage conservation. Authorities are integrating technol...

India's central bank, the RBI, confronts a new inflation challenge. Rising oil prices and supply disruptions threaten to undo recent progre...

Sales of passenger vehicles in India reached a record high last month, driven by strong demand for sports utility vehicles. However, the wh...

India is expected to see a revival of the Southwest Monsoon over the weekend, bringing much-needed rain to central and southern parts of th...

Delhi has recorded just 63.2 mm rainfall against the normal of 157.1 mm so far this month as the capital and the adjoining regions in north...

IMD in its second stage forecast issued in June had forecast the average rainfall to be 106% of the normal monsoon rainfall of 89 mm (with ...

As things stand, with three days left in August, the monsoon shortfall fits the Met department's definition of an all-India drought year.

The IMD has said rain deficit has come down from 43% on July 13 to 25% on July 23. It also expects that rains will pick up further in Augus...

As the monsoon season draws to a close, the RBI today said the late revival of rains should brighten prospects for key rabi crops like whea...

Reservoirs are vital for irrigation both for the current and the winter-sown crops as well as for hydropower generation that seasonally pea...

There is every possibility of 2009 being a “drought year” with weather officials saying that only rainfall 30% in excess of normal for the ...