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India Likely to Get Above-Average Rainfall in Next Two Weeks: IMD

Rajendra Jadhav 26/07/2019

India's monsoon rains were 35% below average in the...

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India’s Monsoon Rain Below Average for Fifth Straight Week

Rajendra Jadhav 04/07/2019

India received 6% less rainfall than the 50-year average...

Karnataka is in the grips of an acute drought. Will the southwest monsoon save it? Photo: Nidhi Jamwal

Not Just Chennai, India’s Drought Situation Is Far Worse Than We Realise

Nidhi Jamwal 27/06/2019

By the end of the last monsoon, it was...

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Gujarat Remains on High Alert Even After Vayu Changes Course

The cyclone was earlier moving straight towards the Gujarat...

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IMD Predicts ‘Near Normal’ Southwest Monsoon

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 16/04/2019

The IMD issues its operational forecast for the southwest...

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14 Years After a Monster Tsunami, What Do We Know of the Quake That Caused It?

C.P. Rajendran 20/02/2019

Efforts to fully characterise the sequence of events on...

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Northeast Monsoon Flops, Triggering Drought-Like Conditions Across South India

Nidhi Jamwal 30/01/2019

Analysis of monsoon data suggests South India is headed...