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It is a 99 per cent deficit in rainfall for the month
Rainwater entered the premises of two state-run hospitals at Chromepet, a general hospital and a facility for thoracic medicine, both of which are located side by side and frequented by people
Under the new timings, MCD offices will operate from 8:30 am to 5 pm, while GNCTD offices will be open from 10 am to 6:30 pm
In a statement, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said over 54,000 vehicles were penalised for lacking a valid pollution-under-control certificate, and 3,900 overage vehicles were impounded during the period
It would be the second time that Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan and one of the cities to regularly face worst pollution, would carry out cloud seeding for artificial rain
Central India and some parts of north saw a rise in rainfall activity over the past week even as monsoon has begun to retreat
Heavy rains led to the collapse of a drain wall near a housing society, and a boulder fell onto a bypass in Thane.
Rainfall deficit widens further to 29 percent for the farm state of Punjab and remains a high 28 percent for Bihar
Since June, 27 states have received normal or above-normal rainfall, while nine states are still seeing a shortfall
Among the nine states experiencing deficit rainfall, Nagaland and Manipur had 32 percent deficit, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar at 30 and 28 percent
Number of states facing rainfall deficit increases to nine from seven in the previous week
Rainfall surplus is below 7 percent for the first time in September. Manipur has the highest rainfall deficit among states at 31 percent
Paddy sowing up 2.1 percent from the five-year average at 41 million hectares but pulses down 6.1 percent at 12.8 million hectares
For a fortnight now, India's monsoon rain surplus remains above 7 percent
Reservoir levels are highest in the southern region at 35 percent above normal, northern India has 17 percent deficit
Sixteen states in the country receive normal rainfall; eight states remain rainfall-deficient
Southern and central Indian states have got more rain than average, while some parts of east and northwest remain rain deficient
Sowing has been higher than the previous year. On September 9, kharif acreage was 2.2 percent higher at 109.2 million hectares
Karnataka, Gujarat which have over 20 percent reservoir capacity, have also witnessed significant gains in acreage
Karnataka pips MP and Maharashtra to emerge as one of the top pulses producers; replaces UP as the third-largest coarse cereals producer
Six of the eight states and union territories in the southern region have got excessive rain
Rainfall surplus widens to the highest level of 7.55 percent as on September 2
Rainfall surplus widens to 7.3%, eight states continue to be rainfall deficient
Rainfall surplus widens to a 20-day high of 6.92% above normal
Kharif sowing has remained just 1.9 percent above last year’s despite normal rainfall
