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
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
Country set for good Rabi season due to late rains: Agriculture SecretaryMost parts of northwest and central India received deficit rainfall, but farmers in Punjab and Haryana have access to canal irrigation that...
10 Oct, 2017, 02.03 AM IST
Onset of monsoon over Kerala likely to be delayed by a weekThe onset over Kerala is likely to be pushed back due to a delay in the transient phase from pre-monsoon to monsoon.
16 May, 2016, 03.43 AM IST
Monsoon forecast at 88% poses challenge for PM Narendra ModiThe new estimate is lower than the 93 per cent forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in April.
03 Jun, 2015, 04.30 AM IST
16-year trend of poor monsoon in Punjab, HaryanaExperts are divided over why rains have been consistently failing in the region but the trend has dire implications for agriculture, which ...
22 Sep, 2014, 11.19 AM IST
Monsoon: 68% surplus rainfall in countryMonsoon has brought bumper showers this year, with the country receiving a remarkable 68 per cent surplus rainfall till today.
17 Jun, 2013, 10.22 PM IST
- India Meteorological Department to adopt dynamic models for more accuracy in monsoon forecast
After failing yet again to forecast the monsoon progression, the govt has decided to move on to dynamic models which are widely used in US ...
26 Jul, 2012, 06.28 PM 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 3% deficient rains since its onset in June.
15 Jul, 2011, 04.12 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
- Monsoon hits Kerala 3 days ahead of schedule
Three days ahead of schedule, the monsoon arrived in Kerala Sunday, with heavy rains being reported since Saturday night in the central and...
30 May, 2011, 09.24 AM IST
- Monsoon onset over Kerala likely by May 31: IMD
Economists believe that India can increase its foodgrain production by seven to eight million tonnes if the monsoon rains are normal.
15 May, 2011, 11.05 AM IST
- Government forecasts normal monsoon across the country
The first official summer monsoon forecast for the country as a whole today has predicted normal rains, with "very low" probability of defi...
19 Apr, 2011, 10.58 PM IST
- Why does govt shy away from declaring a drought?
Could this be a drought year? Could some parts of the country be affected by drought? Answers to such questions went unanswered even as ear...
25 Jun, 2009, 05.29 AM IST
- Monsoon to hit Kerala on May 29: Met
With southwest monsoon moving almost eight days in advance over Bay of Bengal and adjoining regions, the Indian Meteorological Department h...
15 May, 2008, 11.09 AM IST
- Inflation: Whiff of rains & govt on cloud 9
As inflation has largely come from real and perceived shortage of farm produce, normal rainfall is good news for the govt. World inflation ...
17 Apr, 2008, 05.30 AM IST
- May not pour but will surely rain: Met cast
With significant supply-side constraints and a surge in domestic demand pushing up inflation and prices of agricultural commodities in the ...
20 Apr, 2007, 02.17 AM IST