In the Lutyens’ Delhi, survival rate of saplings has shown a steady rise during the last three monsoons, according to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research.

MANGALURU: As the monsoon ban on sand mining ended on Monday, Dakshina Kannada department of mines and geology is now gearing up to monitor illegal extraction and transportation of sand.

Floods caused by monsoon rains have killed at least eight people and disrupted the lives of 400,000 across Myanmar, the government said, a year since the worst floods in decades left thousands home

Nearly half the country's coal fired power capacity have remained unutilised this monsoon season as hydel plants generated close to 22,000 mw of cheap power every day in the last one month.

Hyderabad: Civic bodies in Telangana will set up a green cell envisaging enhancement of green cover in the state.

AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains lashed western parts of the city on Thursday.

The results are contrary to the general notion that global warming or increased summer temperature is responsible for extreme summer monsoon rainfall events.

Backed by two scientists, residents of Dwarka recently submitted their suggestions to the National Green Tribunal, saying that reviving waterbodies in Dwarka could ensure water sufficiency in the a

India's weather office on Monday retained its forecast for an above-average monsoon this year, boosting hopes of a rise in farm output and income after two years of drought.