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Lockdown gives time for highway repairs before monsoon rains begin

Road construction to pick up after restrictions on travel and business are eased, say analysts.

Rainfall activity in India is likely to pick up pace from next week: IMD

IMD director general Mrutunjay Mohapatra said a low pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal and move towards Odisha next week

IMD to issue long-range forecast for monsoon on June 1

The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Kerala on June 1, said the IMD on Sunday

Heavy rains to lash Odisha; Skymet, IMD disagree over monsoon arrival

private agency Skymet Weather announced that the southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala before its scheduled onset, however, IMD said conditions are not yet ripe for the declaration

Q4 GDP data released today: Key things to note

India's gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020 grew at 3.1 per cent, its slowest pace in at least two years

New challenges in Covid-19 times: Eased curbs, migrant testing & monsoon

States looking at community participation to ramp up testing, home treatment of patients

Onset of monsoon over Kerala likely to be delayed by four days, says IMD

The onset of monsoon over Kerala marks the commencement of the four-month long rainfall season from June to September.

A silver lining

Normal monsoon will support rural demand

'Normal' monsoon forecast by IMD brings relief from coronavirus heat

India's southwest monsoon this year is expected to be 'normal' at 100 per cent of the long period average

India to get normal monsoon, says IMD as country battles coronavirus

Monsoon is crucial to rice, wheat, sugarcane and oilseeds cultivation in the country, where farming accounts for about 15% of the economy and employs over half of its people

El Nino may be 'neutral', raises hopes of normal rains this year

The latest India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts show that sea surface temperatures might further cool, enhancing the probability of La Niña after July

Why India's present slump is a more serious issue than earlier slowdowns

What is unusual about the current period of slow growth is that it has come without an exogenous driver, unlike all previous periods of slowdown, going back 50 years, writes T N Ninan

IMD to change reference dates for monsoon onset, withdrawal: MoES

The four-month monsoon season is from June 1 to September 30

Working capital borrowings of fertiliser sector set to rise, says Icra

Of the total budgetary allocation, the government had released nearly 84 per cent by the end of October 2019, it said

Monsoon fury leaves 25 dead in Tamil Nadu, 1000 people in relief camps

This includes 17 who died after a wall collapsed on three houses at Nadur village in Mettupalayam near Coimbatore

Central team to assess crop damage in Maharashtra, Amit Shah tells governor

Shah has conveyed this to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Why strong monsoon rains are not necessarily good news for Indian farmers

While crops in the ground have been damaged by the monsoon, the rains have replenished reservoirs and ground water reserves, which augurs well for India's rural economy in 2020

Foodgrain output at 140.5 million tonne in FY20 on monsoon boost

Maize acreage is expected to go up, but output may fall by 5.75 percent due to the massive armyworm infestation.

Monsoon mayhem: Nearly 1,900 dead in rains, floods across the nation

Twenty-two districts in Gujarat were hit during the monsoon season

An unusual monsoon

The incidence of heavy downpours is steadily spiking