India's sugar season ends strong, but monsoon delay casts shadow over next year's crop: ISMA DGIndia's sugar industry concludes the current season with ample stocks, but the delayed, below-normal monsoon poses a significant concern fo...
22 Jun, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
BMC announces 10% water supply cut: No water for swimming pools, action against misuse of drinking water and moreMumbai faces a severe water crisis as the BMC slashes supply by 10% to industries, commercial entities, and sports facilities due to critic...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
Mumbai rations water supply as June rainfall hits 12-year lowMumbai faces its driest June in over a decade. Water supply to construction sites is cut. Industrial usage is reduced by 20%. Reservoir lev...
17 Jun, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
Weak monsoon may drag agri GDP into contractionIndian agriculture is at a crossroads, facing significant hurdles in the coming years. Analysts project little to no growth for agricultura...
13 Jun, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
More working women, not more babies, key to growthIndia faces a demographic shift with falling fertility rates. Economists are concerned about future economic growth. Instead of financial i...
12 Jun, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
India weather update: Southwest monsoon enters Kerala today; Delhi-CR gets light rain, thunderstorms and gusty windsThe southwest monsoon has officially arrived in Kerala, bringing widespread rainfall and thunderstorms to southern India. The India Meteoro...
04 Jun, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
El Niño effect: Why India may see weak monsoon and harsher summerIndia faces a double blow as the IMD forecasts below-normal monsoon rainfall, with a 60% chance of deficient rains due to El Niño. This, co...
30 May, 2026, 01.56 PM IST
Tantrum of a problem child might cool India's economic engineThe IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...
30 May, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
Siddaramaiah requests Shinde to release water from Maharashtra dams to meet Karnataka's drinking water needsChief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote to his Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde requesting him to release water from Warna/Koyn...
31 May, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
With water level in dams dipping, centre issues drought advisory to southern and western statesThe drought advisory is issued to states when the water level in reservoirs is 20 per cent less than the average of live water storage figu...
17 May, 2019, 06.26 PM IST
With reservoirs full, Maharashtra on the way to plant record caneMaharashtra's highest area under cane was 10.54 lakh hectare in 2014-15, when the state had produced 105.14 lakh tonne sugar, its highest e...
14 Oct, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
91 major water reservoirs level below 15%Seven reservoirs, most of them in Maharashtra, do not have water, the commission said, adding that the scenario was improving with the onse...
01 Jul, 2016, 05.37 AM IST
Water in major reservoirs at less than 15% of combined capacityMonsoon arrived at India's southern Kerala coast on June 8, a day later than forecast, but the weather office expects rains to pick up in J...
30 Jun, 2016, 06.02 PM IST
Reservoirs dip to 18%: Central Water CommissionThe live storage at these 91 reservoirs is 28.175 billion cubic metres, which is 18 per cent of the total capacity, the Central Water Commi...
20 May, 2016, 03.59 PM IST
Water levels in 91 major reservoirs fall to less than 19% of combined capacityPeople have become alert and started using water judiciously, so there is nothing much to worry now,” said GS Jha, chairman of the Central ...
14 May, 2016, 01.09 AM IST
Water dips to alarming levels in many parts of India, no water in three reservoirs in MaharashtraWater levels in country’s major dams are at 24 per cent of their capacity and well short of the 10-year average, possibly impairing plantin...
07 Apr, 2016, 09.39 PM IST
Maharashtra water reservoirs filled upto 49 per cent capacityMaharashtra received an average rainfall of 55.2 per cent and the state's reservoirs are filled upto 49 per cent of their respective capaci...
07 Sep, 2015, 09.17 PM IST