In contrast to the conventional droughts, flash droughts can impact a large region within two-three weeks, severely affecting crop health a...

The IISc study said that droughts were a consequence of a sudden and steep drop in rainfall in late August. This drop was linked to an atmo...

Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) cost India about 2.54 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15, a new s...

The ministries of rural development, agriculture and farmer’s welfare, and water resources will converge their flagship schemes towards wat...

Traders reckon maize prices will remain bullish till October when the new kharif crop hits the markets, despite a 20% jump in prices during...

It would be an insult to the drought-hit millions, for the country to conveniently ignore Bundelkhand, Vidarbha and Marathwada and recline ...

Yadav accused the government of not coming out with any plan of assistance to nine drought hit states, saying it shows its "non-seriousness...

Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no a...

Global prices of pulses have gone up by about 30 per cent to 40 per cent during last two to three months due to fear of drought in India.

In a forecast for the June-September rainy season on Tuesday, Skymet — a private forecaster — said there was a 40% chance that rainfall wou...

The El Nino weather pattern that can trigger drought in India and some parts of the world while causing flooding in other regions is increa...

Global warming could lead to more extreme droughts in large parts of India, resulting in widespread food shortages and hardship in the coun...

Global warming could lead to more extreme droughts in large parts of India, resulting in widespread food shortages and hardship in the coun...

From smarter official response systems to availability of better technology and information flow, India's capacity to handle a drought has ...

India’s sluggish recovery continued in the third quarter, with government spending the main driver of expected real GDP growth of 6.3 per c...

The government on Thursday constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, to tackle drought situ...

Bad weather, violent conflict and volatile market prices could force a drop in the global production of cereal crops this year, the United ...