June-Aug 2024 was India's 2nd-hottest quarter since 1970: Report

India experienced its second-hottest quarter from June to August this year since 1970, with over one-third of the country's population enduring at least seven days of dangerous heat, according to a......

El Nino Clouds Hover Over August Rainfall

IMAGE: Residents carrying their belongings on a rickshaw as they wade through a flooded street after heavy rains created havoc in Delhi in July. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters   The......

India may get normal rainfall in Aug-Sept, El Nino influence likely: IMD

India is expected to record normal rainfall during the second half of the monsoon season following excess precipitation in July, even as El Nino and other unfavourable conditions may suppress rain......

June rainfall 11% below-normal, highest deficit in 5 years: IMD

India recorded below-normal rainfall in June, with the deficit standing at 11 percent, the highest in five years, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday. IMAGE: A cyclist holding an......

All about the El Nino blues

The last El Nino outlook report of the World Meteorological Organisation had said that only half of weather models in use foresee a weak El Nino to set in between June and August, a period relevant......

Why El Nino worries inflation managers

Worries of an El Nino effect this monsoon are an added complication for the Reserve Bank’s task of managing of inflation. Arising from a weather change in the Pacific Ocean every few years,......

'El Nino impact an immediate concern to markets'

'Geopolitical risks and their impact on oil prices, if any, are another concern for global markets, particularly for India.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Unmesh Kulkarni, managing director......

Looming shadow of the monsoon-unfriendly El Nino

Now that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has endorsed the fears expressed earlier by foreign weather bureaux about the emergence of the monsoon-unfriendly El Nino in the second half of......

PIX: Manchester City win Club World Cup for 5th title of 2023

IMAGE: Jemimah Rodrigues hits a boundary on Day 2 of the one-off Test against Australia on Friday. Photograph: Osama Abd El Naby/Reuters Julian Alvarez scored the fastest ever goal in a Club World......