2023-11-06 14:11:21 A fresh low-pressure area alert has been declared over the South-East and adjoining East-Central Arabian Sea (around the Lakshadweep Islands) over the next two days, with a preparatory cyclonic circulation moving across South Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala and undergoing intensification as it tracks further along a familiar West-North-West route. On Monday, a … Read more
2023-11-05 02:47:11 Kerala Rain Updates: Cyclone has formed over south Tamilnadu coast. Winds from the Bay of Bengal are also strong. As a result of this influence, Tulavarsha becomes stronger Kerala Rain Updates: Cyclone has formed over south Tamilnadu coast. Winds from the Bay of Bengal are also strong. As a result of this influence, … Read more
2023-10-17 15:20:30 India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed an outlook for a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal in next three days (by Friday) even as watch for a similar rain-triggering system continues over the Arabian Sea. Initial predictions take the systems away from respectively the East and West coasts of the country, though … Read more
2023-09-05 16:43:22 The south-west monsoon will continue to be active over various parts of the country, including key agricultural States in central and north-western parts, over the next five days. In particular, rainfall activity with isolated heavy showers is likely over Maharashtra between Wednesday and Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. There is more … Read more
2023-08-24 15:36:23 Fertilizer sales during first four months of the current fiscal have increased by 5 per cent to 174.37 lakh tonnes (lt) mainly due to a nine per cent increase in consumption in July. The fertilizer subsidy, accordingly, has reached ₹73,214.67 crore, which is 42 per cent of budget estimate for the current fiscal. … Read more
2023-07-03 08:05:33 Thiruvananthapuram – Rains intensify in Kerala. Red alert announced in Ernakulam district. Orange alert has been announced in 11 districts namely Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod. Yellow alert is on in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts. It has been raining widely across the state since last night. … Read more
2023-06-30 17:41:44 Area under paddy is down 26 per cent to 26.55 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing kharif (summer-sown) season amid slow progress of the southwest monsoon. The paddy acreage stood at 36.05 lakh hectare in the corresponding period last year, according to the agriculture ministry data. Paddy is the main kharif crop, … Read more
2023-06-22 21:19:08 The delay in monsoon progress is likely to affect sowing of paddy and soybean this harvesting season as key producing areas of these major kharif crops face an acute rainfall deficiency in June, agriculture experts said. Major agricultural states such as Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal stare at a … Read more