Authorities in West Bengal and Orissa on Thursday issued alerts to people in coastal regions and asked fishermen not to venture into the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department said......
The much-awaited south-west monsoon on Monday brought first showers to the Andaman and Nicobar islands, setting the stage for its early progression towards Kerala. "The south-west monsoon has set......
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......
While predicting the monsoons is a tricky job, the IMD has got it consistently wrong and impacted food prices.The drought of 2009 still haunts the India Meteorological Department. "It was......
Poor monsoon is a matter of concern and could affect food prices, but the time is not ripe for the Reserve Bank to act, its Governor D Subbarao said on Friday. "Yes, the agricultural situation is......
Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, considered among the granaries of the country, have received scanty rainfall and the weather office has declared monsoon rains this season would be lesser than......
After being in denial mode, the Indian Meteorological Department pared its forecast on Monday,for a second time in three months and said state governments were free to announce "drought". This came......
The monsoon is making slow progress across the country, even as millions of farmers eagerly wait for the first showers. The progress of rains is expected to be slow over the next few days and it is......