Southwest Monsoon 2020: Good rains now bring bad news

Excess rainfall in central India is the new normal as India grows warmer. This can also make locust attacks a perennial problem 

Is La Nina in the offing? How the shift from El Nino may impact monsoon, summer in India this year

Current El Nino phenomenon in the equatorial Pacific Ocean may end by April

Madhya Pradesh farmers were craving rain; now they fear too much of it

Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month

Live storage at 62% of capacity in monsoon’s third month

However, storage levels are not uniform across the country

Understanding climate effect on crop yield and associated risks to water security in India is crucial

Reassessing policy options requires a better understanding of climate impact on farm water management in India

Monsoon 2023: Skewed rainfall distribution drowning north, northwestern India while peninsular south remains dry

Deficit rainfall in 15 subdivisions in the eastern and southern peninsula as of July 10

Mid-monsoon update: Officially normal, but 185 districts are deficit in rainfall

Crop acreage has picked up as July rainfall dips by nearly 10 per cent  

Lightning kills 83 people in Bihar

Many of the victims were farmers, who were sowing paddy in their fields

More than 40 rivers have dried so far in Bihar, even as summer is yet to peak

However, the issue of water crisis is missing in the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign