But the poor monsoon has not stoked food inflation

The monsoon performance is not always dependent on El Nino conditions, which are currently strong but then there are is a month-and-a-half left for the season to end and rains are expected during t

The ongoing dry spell, which was expected to continue till August end, may get extended to the first week of September.

Shillong: After a nine-year-old girl, Sonia Gandhi Bahadur, was swept away by the surging waters of the Ganol river in Asibra in West Garo Hills on Wednesday, the Meghalaya government asked all sch

Departments to meet over the next couple of days to take decisions on relief.

CRISIL Ratings identifies four states and five crops at highest risk to deficient monsoon

Heavy showers flooded city roads on Monday, leading to endless traffic jams at several places. Many roads in Delhi were flooded mainly due to choked drains.

Sub-par rainfall across India for more than two weeks has pushed the monsoon deficit to 10% below normal, increasing worries of a second successive drought year in the country .

While regions such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka saw heavy rainfall activities during the last 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and private weather foreca

Seasonal showers declined 6% from the long-period average up to August 6