CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION

A depression affecting Southwest Uttar Pradesh has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area over northwest Uttar Pradesh. The IMD has issued rainfall alerts for several states, including Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Delhi. Flash flood risks a...

Typically, the southwest monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17, withdrawing entirely by October 15. "Conditions are likely to become favou...

A new analysis revealed that over 84% of districts in India are prone to extreme heat waves, while 70% face increased extreme rainfall events. The study highlighted the significant rise in extreme weather, urging detailed risk assessments and climat...

The Met office stated that 12 per cent of the sub-divisional area of the country experienced excess to large excess rainfall, 38 per cent received normal rainfall, and 50 per cent experienced deficient to large deficient rainfall. IMD data shows tha...

Despite the regulator’s insistence on adhering to prescribed norms, many payment firms seem to be lax in conducting bank-grade KYCs. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Typically, the Southwest Monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17, withdrawing entirely by October 15.

Addressing a press conference, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that with positive factors countering El Nino, the 2023 monsoon season concluded with 94.4 per cent cumulative rainfall which is considered "normal". Monthly rainfall acro...

Farmers in parts of the country have had to face an erratic southwest monsoon—excess rain in July followed by a record-dry August. ET travels to three states to gauge the impact on the fields.

India is expected to have its driest August since 1901 due to intensifying El Nino conditions, senior meteorologists have said. The monsoon this year may also be the driest since 2015. With a 32% precipitation deficit in August so far and subdued ra...

Climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada that's driven thousands from their homes and blanketed parts of the US with choking smoke, according to an anal...

In the first quarter of FY24, India’s top five IT exporters — Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro and Tech Mahindra — reported a cumulative dip of 21,838 in net headcount.

Weathermen have issued a warning that such interactions will be more and more likely to lead to extreme rain and flooding in as the world gradually warms. The serious warning had resonated with various quarters in India even as the latest torrential...

Bountiful rain in many parts of India in early July has bridged the country's rainfall deficit, according to the India Meteorological Department. While the eastern and northeastern region recorded a 17% rain deficiency, north India received 59% exce...

Though consumer sentiments have been rising steadily during 2023, the rate of increase has been falling, according to CMIE. And going forward, CMIE said, the monthly growth in the ICS or index of consumer sentiments can be expected to be a bit volat...

Consumer sentiments improved for the fifth consecutive month in May 2023 though the rate of increase has slowed down, raising apprehensions of volatile growth in coming months on the back of erratic monsoon and state election. According to CMIE, whi...

The current fiscal deficit is already 6.4%, and this needs slashing in the medium term. However, that may not be possible in the short term, with a recession staring us in the face. That strengthens the case for a status quo budget that keeps the fi...

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital gauged 1,534.3 mm of rainfall in 1933, the highest annual precipitation in the 1901-2021 period. This is only the fourth time in 121 years -- after 1933, 1964 and 1975 -- t...

"The Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, had gauged 1,150 mm of rainfall in the 1975 monsoon season. This year, the precipitation has already hit the 1,100-mm mark and the season has not ended yet," an IMD o...