Heavy rain brings relief to Delhi-NCR: More showers expectedDelhi Rains: Delhi-NCR experienced heavy rain early Wednesday, providing relief from humid conditions. The IMD issued a yellow alert, forec...
24 Jul, 2024, 09.13 AM IST
Forecast of good monsoon brightens farm prospectsThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "above-normal" monsoon rains at 106% of the long-period average in 2024, raising ho...
19 Apr, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
Maharashtra: Over 7 lakh farmers call insurance firms to inform about crop damages due to excessive rainRepresentatives of crop insurance companies need to personally visit the farms and assess the damages, and based on their report, the farme...
12 Sep, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Climate change behind weather’s extreme mood swings in IndiaExperts say past decade’s trend of intense bursts of rainfall caused by global warming to continue.
03 Jul, 2019, 10.29 AM IST
Good rainfall to bring rebound in pulses, kharif harvestCultivation of pulses has expanded 41 per cent this year, which should calm soaring prices, latest official data shows.
30 Jul, 2016, 03.11 AM IST
Maharashtra mulls cloud-seeding amid IMD's grim rainfall forecastAt a time when the IMD has revised its rainfall forecast from 93 to 88 per cent, Maharashtra govt is preparing to use the cloud seeding.
02 Jun, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
Cotton area in Maharashtra declines by 6.3%Cotton acreage in second largest producer Maharashtra has declined by 6.3% due to last year's drought in the state.
26 Aug, 2013, 05.57 PM IST
Global agencies forecast a normal monsoon this yearThe Indian weather office has not issued its formal forecast yet, but experts, including former top meteorologists, agree with foreign scie...
17 Apr, 2013, 05.28 AM IST
Poor monsoon to pull down GDP growth to 6%, says Montek Singh AhluwaliaMontek Singh Ahluwalia has said that India's GDP may expand only 6% in the current fiscal, dipping below the nine-year low of 6.5% recorded...
04 Aug, 2012, 05.44 AM IST
Monsoon revives, crop yields still lowerThe monsoon has revived significantly in the past week, but the government is anxiously monitoring the situation as crop yields may still b...
12 Jul, 2012, 01.19 AM IST
- Falling soyabean crop area vexes processors
Soyabean processors, the bedrock of India's protein industry, are increasingly getting anxious as acreage in Madhya Pradesh.
06 Jul, 2012, 02.38 AM IST
- Cotton's loss is Soyabean's gain
Delayed rainfall and a drop in cotton prices have ensured that cotton has not eaten into the soyabean acreage as expected before the beginn...
04 Aug, 2011, 06.07 AM IST
- Monsoon slips into red; 3% deficient rains since June
After an upbeat start, India's monsoon slipped into the red this week with the country receiving three per cent deficient rains since its o...
14 Jul, 2011, 08.45 PM IST
- Rains halt cane crushing in Maharashtra
Continuing rain, with overcast skies, has slowed down the sugarcane crushing season in Maharashtra. It has also affected the recovery perce...
16 Nov, 2010, 01.36 AM IST
- Truant rains check sowing progress
The country has received 14% less rains than the long-period average (LPA) till Thursday since the beginning of the monsoon season on June ...
17 Jul, 2010, 01.13 AM IST
- Delay in rains worries Maharashtra farmers
Farmers are waiting for the rains to sow jowar, bajra, maize, groundnut & pulses. As on June 15 sowing has been done on 6% of the normal kh...
17 Jun, 2009, 04.01 AM IST
- Heavy rains no dampener for kharif crops
Heavy rains across most of Maharashtra have not really impacted the kharif season sowing since it has achieved 94% sowing of foodgrains, pu...
04 Aug, 2006, 12.53 AM IST