Monsoon seems to have reversed gear in August, with sustained dry spell in many regions of the country. What's more worrying is that meteorologists in the US are saying there is a 66 percent chance of El Nino developing into a strong event. This means, El Nino's effects could be felt in India too, weakening the monsoon further. Overall, till now, the monsoon rains in India remain in the normal...
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IMD Predicts Normal Rainfall, but Indian Monsoon Skewed And Anomalous so Far - Carbon Copy
The Indian monsoon arrived on the coast of Kerala on June 8, more than a week later than normal and the southern part of the country received its lowest June rainfall in 122 years—88.6 mm—which was 45% less than the normal between 1971 and 2020. However, the monsoon has made quick progress and has now covered the entire country. While rainfall was 10% below average during June, in July it could...
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KEY TRENDS • Oxfam India's 2023 India Supplement report on poverty and inequality in India reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Following the pandemic in 2019, the bottom 50 per cent of the population have continued to see their wealth chipped away. By 2020, their income share was estimated to have fallen to only 13 per cent of the national income and have less than 3...
More »Unseasonal rains and hail damage crops in India - Mayank Bharadwaj
Reuters Unseasonal rains and hailsToRms have damaged ripening, winter-planted crops such as wheat in India's fertile northern, central and western plains, exposing thousands of farmers to losses and raising the risk of further food price inflation. ToRrential rains on Sunday and Monday lashed Punjab, Haryana parts of Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh state, which account for the bulk of wheat output in India, the world's biggest producer after China, flattening crops and...
More »Landslide in Sikkim causes traffic snarls, IMD issues orange alert for North Bengal -Anupam Mishra
-India Today A major landslide in Sikkim, after incessant rain, caused traffic jams in the area on Sunday. The landslide blocked National Highway-10 and snapped the road link with neighbouring West Bengal. Normal life was disturbed in Sikkim on Sunday as ToRrential rain caused a landslide at 20th Mile near Singtam in Gangtok, blocking National Highway-10 and snapping the road link with neighbouring West Bengal. The massive landslide in Singtam caused a...
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