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IMD forecast for November: Normal to above-normal rainfall, cooler days, warmer nights

October 31, 2025 10:48 pm

The deep depression over eastern India during early October and cyclone Montha towards month-end were two major contributors for such enhanced rainfall

Unpredictable monsoons are making kharif crop less reliable. Focus on rabi

October 13, 2025 8:19 am

Investment in climate-smart breeding and irrigation infrastructure, rather than untargeted farm subsidies, is necessary

In our Himalayan village, summers are hotter, winters warmer and the rains crueller

September 11, 2025 11:29 am

It’s been five years since we saw what we once called a regular weather year. Is this what they call climate change? We still pine for what we used to know.

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Clearing my head, one ride at a time: A solo monsoon bike ride from Pushkar to Delhi

August 25, 2025 4:27 pm

My ride from Rajasthan’s Pushkar to Delhi––all through the night, in the rain––with a brief pause in Jaipur, was my version of that: a 450+ kilometre search for clarity, one kilometre at a time.

Farmers scramble to salvage paddy after Assam sees massive rainfall deficit this monsoon

Assam is parched this monsoon – and its paddy farmers are getting desperate

July 23, 2025 11:10 am

The kharif paddy, transplanted in the monsoon and harvested in the winter, accounts for nearly 81% of Assam’s annual rice cultivation.

Saawan, saawan 2025, sawaan rituals, saawan festivals

From ghevar, karondas, to hari choodiyaan: Celebrating saawan with food, festivals, folk art, and traditions

July 17, 2025 6:27 pm

Saawan marks the arrival of the monsoon, ushering in seasonal delights and cultural vibrancy.

A good monsoon will help sustain declining inflation

July 15, 2025 7:24 am

The outlook for food prices is also promising. During the southwest monsoon season, cumulative all-India rainfall has been 9.5 per cent above the long period average as on July 14

Express View: Tracking the monsoon

June 16, 2025 8:04 am

There are signs of its revival. But amid climate and geopolitical shocks, policymakers cannot afford to take commodity prices for granted

The ground reality is that in almost every city, desilting is not done properly. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Indian cities have a drainage problem

June 02, 2025 10:58 am

Stormwater drains invariably carry sewage in a majority of our cities, including Delhi. This is largely due to poorly managed sewerage systems

Non- functional watering pumps, incomplete desilting, roads dug up: What paralysed Mumbai?

May 27, 2025 8:53 am

The BMC in its 2024-25 budget had allocated Rs 3,000 crore to the storm water drains (SWD) department which is responsible for mitigating and tackling waterlogging in Mumbai.