The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation has cut its global forecast for rice paddy production this year by 7.8 million tonnes to 724.5 million tonnes — the downward revision mainly because of less-than-average monsoon rainfall in India which is likely to affect the country’s output this season. In a …
The Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) has remained remarkably stable during the last 140 years. The ISMR has varied between 70% and 120% of the long-term average of about 85 cm. Monsoon seasons with ISMR of less than 90% of the average are considered to be droughts, whereas those with …
GUWAHATI, Aug 8 – Guwahati needs a stringent legislation for rainwater harvesting to save it from rain-caused flash flood. In this respect the city should emulate the example of the Chennai city. This observation was made by noted drainage and sanitation expert Dr Binoy Kumar Das. He was speaking to …
Conditions In Pacific Moving To A Threshold New Delhi: The puzzle over this year’s truant monsoon may deepen with major forecasters now seeing the conditions in the Pacific approaching a threshold or borderline El Nino event — the weather phenomenon that is seen to cause drier conditions by disrupting the …
Chandigarh: Punjab farmers, who are watering their paddy crop on diesel-run motors because of a deficient monsoon and frequent power cuts, are in for more trouble. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast below normal rains in August and September which could result in a further increase in their inputs …
The southwest monsoon in India this year was expected to be 85 per cent of the long-period average (LPA), with Punjab, Haryana, Saurashtra and Kutch regions in Gujarat and western Rajasthan experiencing drought-like conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The forecast has a model error margin of …
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday made a downward revision of monsoon rainfall this season to “deficient” category revealing that the rainfall during June-September period will be less than 90 per cent of average without indicating a specific figure of rainfall for the entire season. “Based on the rainfall …
Centre Announces Subsidy On Diesel, Seeds For Farmers New Delhi: India could be staring at a drought worse than the one it experienced in 2009. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed that nearly half of the 624 districts had received deficient rains, another 15% experienced scanty or little rains and …
The drought tag will help banks restructure farm loans; States can offer diesel subsidy Rains in the last one week speeded up the planting of soya bean and rice while sugar cane acreage expanded beyond last year’s area. However, with the monsoon deficit still remaining around 20%, all eyes will …
Incessant rains for over 30 hours in several parts of Madhya Pradesh crippled normal life. The areas that witnessed heavy rainfall include Indore, Hoshangabad, Seoni-Malwa, Dewas, Harda and Sehore districts. The meteorology department has issued warnings of heavy rainfall in most parts of the State. With the heavy rains, several …
MUMBAI: With lake levels not promising enough due to the rains largely playing truant, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will continue with its 10% water cut and review the situation at the civic standing committee meeting on Wednesday. The civic body also plans to rope in the Israeli-based Mekorot for …
With the monsoon below normal this year and particularly patchy across a few regions, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra are exploring cloud-seeding options to bring rains. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a 23% deficient monsoon this year. Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Resources' subsidiary and the world’s largest manufacturer of zinc, …
Terrific rate of IMD failures prompts states to set up their own systems Laxman Vishwanath Wadale, a 40-year-old farmer from Maharashtra’s Jalna district, spent nearly . 25,000 on fertilisers and seeds for his 60-acre plot after the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in June that it stands by its earlier …
New Delhi In the shadow of the monsoon deficit, the Union agriculture ministry has drafted a contingency plan for states that have received scanty rainfall, focussing on alternative or short-duration crops. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) blueprint includes a shift, wherever possible, to alternative crops like bajra, groundnut, …
With sowing of kharif crops lagging by over 86 lakh hectares compared to last year, owing to an erratic southwest monsoon and the average water level in major reservoirs declining by 2 per cent (to 59 per cent of last year’s storage) over the previous week, the country faces a …
With the monsoon continuing to elude many parts of India, the central government has asked the governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka to implement contingency plans in the wake of low rainfall, and is monitoring the situation in Rajasthan and the Saurashtra region in Gujarat. As of today, the southwest monsoon …
Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature's biggest mysteries -- the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India every year. In a first-of-its-kind project, Indian scientists aim to build computer models that would allow them to make a …
New Delhi: Monsoon might be recovering on an average across the country, but some pockets could be staring at a severe drought even as almost half the rainy season is over accounting for little rainfall. So far, the worst-hit is Gujarat, where the deficit ranges between 66% and 71% in …
Both Jammu, Kashmir regions record 40% less rain so far; farm activities hit Jammu: The delayed and weak monsoon has caused a sense of despair among farmers across the state, particularly in kandi belts. It has also led to a rise in prices of vegetables following a drastic decline in …
Shillong, July 15: The city was awakened by a “moderate intensity” earthquake just after midnight last night although there were no reports of any damage to human life or property. The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, occurred around 1.25am, an official from the Shillong Seismological Centre said. The …
