Large parts of north India, including Haryana and Delhi, reeled from severe heatwave conditions with the maximum temperature touching 47.4 degrees Celsius in Najafgarh in the national capital --......
Temperatures in several parts of Delhi again breached the 47 degrees Celsius mark on Monday, with the weather office issuing a 'red alert' for the next five days due to heatwave to severe heatwave......
A coaching centre in Vijayanagar in Bengaluru asked its students to attend classes online due to an 'emergency' for a week. IMAGE: Women line up to take water for their homes as the Silicon City......
The five warmest years in Indian weather history have occurred in the past 14 years -- the others being 2009, 2017 and 2010, in order of intensity. IMAGE: Labourers push a cart as one drinks water......
Unprecedented rains that battered south Tamil Nadu claimed 10 lives and brought the region to a standstill, leaving individuals, families, and a trainload of people stranded for days. IMAGE: An......
There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to......
Temperatures in March will be critical to determining the impact of any unusual heatwave conditions on this year’s wheat crop in North India. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters It is that time of......
The area under paddy — the biggest foodgrain during the kharif season — was almost 13 per cent lower in the week ended August 5 as compared to the same period last year despite a slight......
As the kharif season is setting in, India is scrambling to source fertilisers from the international market. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters It is set to sign long-term contracts —......
Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso......
IMAGE: Isolated showers are expected around the Moteraarea in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Photograph: ANI/Files Rain might play spoilsport during the cricket match between India and Pakistan in......
IMAGE: Mumbai Cricket Association president Dr Vijay Patil, right, and treasurer Jagdish Achrekar inspect the conditions at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Photograph: MCA The......