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Hundreds of vehicles stranded due to massive landslide in Poonch district; BRO restores NH-144 after 5-hour haltThe BRO teams confirmed that after a 5-hour operation, the road was cleared and opened for general traffic, allowing the stranded vehicles ...
El Niño needs monitoring, but India better prepared than earlier: Bayer’s Simon WiebuschFarmers are increasingly recognising climate volatility as a long-term reality, driving greater adoption of climate-smart practices, says S...
Railways renews push for installing Atmospheric Water GeneratorsIndian Railways has renewed its push to deploy Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs) in water-scarce areas, asking zones, production units an...
Jammu weather: IMD forecasts rain and snowfall in J&K as Chillai Kalan sets inJammu and Kashmir is set to experience increased rain and snowfall over the next 48 hours. This precipitation coincides with the start of C...
Flood-Like situation in Baran after heavy rainfall; SDRF rescues 29 people and 2450 sheep from the regionEastern Rajasthan is bracing for intense rainfall as the Meteorological Centre in Jaipur issued an orange alert for several districts, incl...
Heavy rains batter parts of Rajasthan, cause waterlogging, traffic snarls in major citiesIn the past 24 hours ending at 8.30 am, Mount Abu in Sirohi was the wettest with 14 cm rainfall, followed by 12 cm at Railmagra in Rajsaman...
Delhi begins an otherwise scorching May with pleasant 19 degrees Celsius; IMD predicts thunderstorms with rainDelhi recorded a pleasant morning on Monday with the base temperature being six notches below normal, settling at 19.6 degrees Celsius. The...
After July, August too set to record less than normal rainfall: IMD"August recorded 26 per cent deficiency till yesterday (August 28)," IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said, adding that the shortfa...
Heavy rain alert for several districts in Madhya PradeshAn orange alert forecasting likely heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for isolated places in the Rewa division (which comprises t...
Monsoon reaches Madhya Pradesh; IMD issues orange alert for some districtsDue to continuous rain, the met department has issued orange and yellow alerts for several parts of the state.
Six per cent more rainfall than normal recorded in country so far; deficiency in N IndiaMonsoon arrived in Kerala on June 1, its normal onset date, marking the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country. Indi...
Areas under PoK now in IMD's forecastIMD Director General M Mohapatra said they have been mentioning areas under Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir under its daily weather bulletin ever...
IMD to change reference dates for monsoon onset, withdrawal from this year: MoESJune 1 is the onset date for monsoon over Kerala and it is likely to remain the same but the IMD will change the reference dates for some s...
High humidity in northern plains to prevail as monsoon shows no signs of withdrawal: IMDThe country has so far received four per cent more rains than normal, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data shows.
Meghalaya sounds alert following IMD forecast of extreme rainfallAn alert was sounded in all Meghalaya districts following IMD forecast of heavy to extreme rainfall in isolated places in Meghalaya and nei...
Chinese satellites providing weather data to quake-hit NepalChina is providing regular update of weather to quake-hit Nepal with latest satellite images and forecast provided by Chinese Meteorologica...
Thunderstorms likely in central, southern India starting weekendRains are forecast to occur in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka. A few places in Bihar a...
Heavy rains predicted in next 2 days at several placesHeavy rains have been forecast at several places in the country in the next couple of days even as the overall rainfall remains deficient b...
- Monsoon likely to be normal: World met body
India receives most of its rains in June-September, which is crucial for both the immediate kharif crops and also the rabi crops.
- Deficient rainfall may result in set-back for oilseeds crop
Deficient rainfall in 13 out of 36 meteorological divisions of the country has affected the prospects of the kharif crop, particularly in M...