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With southwest monsoon lingering, northeast monsoon delayed: IMD

October 21, 2020 1:25 am

India receives rain from two monsoons — the southwest monsoon between June and September followed by the northeast monsoon, which is restricted over the southern peninsula between October and December.

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Monsoon ends with 9 per cent surplus

September 30, 2020 11:52 pm

Recording 26.6 per cent surplus rain over the country, August turned out to be the wettest month in 44 years, whereas July, with 9.7 per cent deficit, was the driest among the four months

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Monsoon withdrawal likely by September 24: IMD

September 18, 2020 11:30 pm

In order to declare monsoon withdrawal, it is mandatory that rainfall activity and moisture levels reduce significantly, in addition to the formation of an anticyclone system in the lower troposphere

Monsoon twist

September 11, 2020 12:33 am

Temporal distribution of rain may be a problem. But government resolve of freeing agricultural markets must not waver.

Dry July, excess rain in August-end spell trouble for kharif crops

September 10, 2020 10:03 am

Ground reports from Madhya Pradesh (MP), India’s largest soyabean and urad (black gram) producer, suggest significant damage to the crop -- first from an extended dry spell in July and then too much rain towards the last week of August.

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August receives 27 per cent more rainfall, fourth highest in 120 years

September 01, 2020 4:16 pm

In its forecast for August last month, the IMD had predicted rainfall of 97 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) with an error margin of plus or minus 9 per cent. Monsoon in the range of 96-104 per cent of the LPA is considered normal.

August rainfall hits 44-year high, reservoir storage level up by 102% of last year: Barclays

August 31, 2020 3:15 pm

The impressive monsoon season this year has also had a positive impact on crop sowing, which has remained robust. More than 100% of the total area normally sown was covered during this period.

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Water-borne diseases on the rise: Here's what to do

August 18, 2020 7:14 pm

Sometimes bacteria like E. coli, salmonella enter the body through contaminated food and water and cause fever, swelling in the intestines leading to blood and mucus in stool; many of such cases require hospitalisation

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August rains hold key to India’s recovery after erratic monsoon

August 04, 2020 1:48 pm

India’s agriculture has been the lone bright spot in the country’s shrinking economy, with the government as well as the central bank betting on rural demand to lift growth after recovering tractor sales pointed to a consumption revival.

Explained: In farm promise, some concerns

August 03, 2020 11:26 am

Robust kharif plantings and fertiliser sales are a good sign, both with a strong correlation with the monsoon. But there are areas of uncertainty — the monsoon itself, desert locusts, and milk.