Light rains bring respite from scorching heat in North India

Light showers brought some respite from the scorching heat in North India on Thursday as the mercury dipped by few notches in several states, including Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Image used for......

Cyclone Nisarga: Mumbai, Thane, Gujarat safe

'Cyclone Nisarga will pass Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Panvel, Navi Mumbai by a safe distance.' IMAGE: Uttan beach in Thane. Photograph: PTI Photo "All the northern parts of coastal Maharashtra like......

El Nino casts a shadow on 2017 monsoon

Weather watchers said it can’t be known till May whether El Niño will impact the monsoon or not, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee  While it is gradually becoming clearer that La......

'Average wind speeds will be about 90 km per hour'

'It could rain about 200 mm in short span of time.' IMAGE: Dark clouds gather in the sky over Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo "Starting from the entire Konkan coast -- Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Alibaug......

March heat to shape up wheat output this year in North India: Experts

Temperatures in March will be critical to determining the impact of any unusual heatwave conditions on this year’s wheat crop in North India. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters It is that time of......

How Skymet weathered the storm

If Jatin Singh is right in the long run and his morphed business can help reduce farmer distress, Skymet will provide a service of far more value from where it began Where you start, where you......

IMD or Skymet: Who will get El Nino's impact on monsoon right?

A critical differentiating factor seems to be the interpretation of El Nino and its impact during the four-month southwest monsoon that starts from June, notes Sanjeeb Mukherjee The India......

North India more vulnerable to El Nino, says Skymet chief

India’s northern states are more vulnerable than the rest to a deficiency of rain in the next monsoon season due to the El Nino threat. “South India has got the ocean on both sides, so......

WT20 Indo-Pak tie: Rain threatens to play spoilsport at Eden Gardens

IMAGE: Groundsmen at the Eden Gardens (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: BCCI In what could come as a major disappointment for fans across the globe, awaiting the highly......