-The Hindu/Reuters IHME’s report suggests that the current surge in COVID-19 infections in Germany might be due to Omicron subvariants BQ.1 or BQ.1.1 Global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million average daily cases by February next year from the current 16.7 million daily driven by the northern hemisphere’s winter months, the University of Washington said in an analysis. The increase in infections is not expected to cause...
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Delhi's air quality inches closer to ‘very poor' category on Diwali morning -Manjiri Chitre
-Hindustan Times Earlier, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) had predicted that the air quality may deteriorate to "very poor" on Monday morning. Delhi's air quality on Monday inched towards the "very poor" category on Diwali morning with the air quality index (AQI) at 298 at 6 am. According to data, 19 out of the 35 monitoring stations in the city recorded air quality in the "very...
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-PTI/The Hindu Rains continued to linger on beyond September 30, which marks the end of the southwest monsoon season. The southwest monsoon withdrew from the entire country on Sunday, a week later than normal, the Weather office said. India witnessed a normal monsoon season for the fourth consecutive year with 925 mm rainfall which was 106% of the long-period average (LPA) of 880 mm. "The Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from the remaining parts of...
More »A crisis is brewing in the coffee industry -Mini Tejaswi
-The Hindu Coffee cultivation is becoming an increasingly loss-making proposition in India. Already weighed down by the high cost of inputs and production as well as labour shortage, the industry is now also affected by changes in climate patterns, reports Mini Tejaswi from Karnataka’s coffee heartland Bose Mandanna was devastated when torrential rains in September thrashed the coffee plants in his plantation and left tender berries and leaves strewn everywhere. The plants...
More »Heavy rains in India damage key crops ahead of harvest, threatening to stoke food inflation -Rajendra Jadhav
-Reuters/ThePrint.in State like UP has received 500% more rainfall than normal so far in October. Higher food prices could prompt India to slap additional restrictions on exports of food commodities. Mumbai: Heavy rainfall in India has damaged key summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean, cotton, pulses and vegetables just before harvesting, which could stoke food inflation in Asia’s third biggest economy, farmers, traders and industry officials said. Higher food prices could prompt New...
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