Delhi gears up for first artificial rain through cloud seeding

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday said the city is set to witness its first-ever artificial rain through cloud seeding as preparations for the ambitious pollution-control initiative have......

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake. IMAGE: An aerial view of an area submerged in water amid heavy rainfall caused by cyclone Montha in Warangal, October......

SEE: Delhi's cloud seeding experiments bring no rainfall

After a gap of 53 years, Delhi conducted cloud seeding trials on Tuesday to induce artificial rain in the national capital amid surging pollution levels, even as the weather department did not......

Rain lashes AP, Odisha as 'Montha' turns into severe cyclonic storm

Rain lashed several districts in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as cyclone 'Montha' in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday morning. IMAGE: Cyclone Montha intensified......

Predictions of normal monsoon boost prospects for domestic agrochem firms

With a normal monsoon predicted in India this year by private weather forecasting agency Skymet and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), prospects for domestic agrochemical or agri-input......

FinMin flags El Nino risk for inflation, farm output

The finance ministry on Thursday raised concerns over the possible impact of El Niño conditions on India this year, saying if recent forecasts came true, the country could see lower......

Economy likely to log a tepid 6% growth in FY24: Crisil

The economy is likely to log in a tepid 6 per cent growth next fiscal, in line with the consensus estimates, rating agency Crisil said on Thursday. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The agency......

Govt holds meetings to prepare for adverse monsoon, works on action plans

With different agencies showing divergent predictions regarding the southwest monsoon, the central government and states are gearing up to face adversity with various line ministries reportedly......

Deadly Spanish floods force cancellation of matches

IMAGE: A person reacts to heavy flooding on a street after the Spanish meteorological agency put the Valencia region in the highest red alert for extreme rainfalls, in Llombai, Valencia, Spain.......