New Delhi: In an unusual trend, demand for work under the government’s flagship rural job scheme grew at a fast pace in the monsoon season this fiscal year while remaining subdued in the key summer months when such demand typically stays elevated, according to the official data. This suggests erratic seasonal rains this year have … Read more
Heavy rains from a typhoon kept southern China drenched for the seventh day as slow-moving storm clouds drifted from Guangdong on the coast to Guangxi, flooding low-lying areas, blocking roads and trapping residents. In the rural county of Bobai in Guangxi region, rescuers on assault boats have scrambled to pull people to safety since Sunday … Read more
Nothing prepares me for the cheery sight that awaits me in one part of Varapuzha. It is just after 9.30am on a muggy day; I hear the murmur of women before I see them. Lakshmi Murali emerges from behind a gap in a compound wall and calls me over. All I see is a plot … Read more
Beas river in full spate due to torrential rains, in Mandi on August 14, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI The heavy rain that wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is likely to continue into Tuesday before reducing by the end of the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on August 14. At least … Read more
Heavy flow of water in Mandakini River at Rudrapryag due to continuous rains. File (For Representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: PTI The defence college building in Uttarakhand’s Maldevta collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, flooding major rivers and their tributaries and causing landslides along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and … Read more
Deputy Commissioner B. Susheela during her visit to a house that partially collapsed in Madriki village of Yadgir district due to rain on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Deputy Commissioner B. Susheela has directed Panchayat Development Officers, Village Accountants and Engineers of the departments concerned to conduct a joint survey to assess the loss … Read more
With the rains coming in, the temperatures in the twin cities too has come down with maximum temperature recorded at 28.5 degrees C, three degrees below normal and minimum 21.9 degrees C, one degree below normal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Light to moderate rain or heavy thundershowers are likely to occur at many places … Read more
A spell of rain accompanied by winds brought some respite to residents of several localities in the western and southern suburbs of the city on Thursday evening. Rain lashed Chembarambakkam, Tambaram, Perungalathur, Urapakkam, Guduvancheri and Keezhkattalai. According to data provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre of the India Meteorological Department here, till 7.30 p.m. … Read more
A videograb shows a car submerged at Hoskerehalli after rain in Bengaluru on Monday. Bengaluru: A short spell of heavy rain in parts of Bengaluru on Monday, yet again exposed the chinks in the civic infrastructure while also causing damage to property. An empty house in Veerabhadranagar in South Bengaluru collapsed, leading to three cars … Read more
A farmer with his mustard crop in field on a rainy day, in Lucknow on March 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on March 21 said there is not much impact on standing rabi crops like wheat due to the current untimely rains and hailstorm, as per preliminary report. … Read more