Farmers in parts of the country have had to face an erratic southwest monsoon—excess rain in July followed by a record-dry August. ET trave...

Excess rains in key supplier states like Karnataka, Andhra and Maharashtra have damaged the crops and thereby reduced the supply.

The October 6-8 Reuters poll of 47 economists suggested consumer prices rose 6.88% last month from a year ago, its highest in five months a...

More than 200 people have died & lakhs have been evacuated amid unusually heavy rains this month.

Top foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in India are expanding their equity holdings.

For the most part, Indian urban planning has had little regard for factors such as natural drainage, topography and the near-total absence ...

In terms of its geography, the city of Chennai is quite disadvantaged, being close to sea level making it low-lying and prone to floods.

A committee set up by the ministry of environment and forests said hydel projects in Uttarakhand aggravated the June 2013 disaster.