Bengaluru: Determined to secure what it claims is its rightful share of Cauvery water, Tamil Nadu has now turned its attention to Bengaluru’s water supply.Alleging that Karnataka has been supplying Cauvery water to parts of Bengaluru that fall outside the Cauvery basin, Tamil Nadu has urged the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to account for…
The sector is better positioned to withstand weather-related disruptions than in the past Chennai: Despite concerns over a deficient monsoon in several parts of the country, demand for tractors has remained resilient. Domestic tractor sales recorded strong double-digit growth in June on both a year-on-year and sequential basis.The robust performance also lifted first-quarter volumes, which…
3 min readNew DelhiJul 10, 2026 01:03 AM IST The Power Ministry is expected to issue a detailed advisory to stakeholders across the power sector, outlining measures to mitigate the impact of erratic weather conditions due to the effects of El Niño. At a review meeting held on Thursday, the ministry discussed contingency steps to…
Jhansi: Amid scientific projections of possible Super El Niño-like conditions, UP agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi urged farmers in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region to adopt natural farming, reduce dependence on water-intensive crops and prioritise pulses and oilseeds to minimise the impact of a potential dry spell.Addressing a farmers’ awareness programme on ‘Drought, El Niño Impact…
New Delhi: Water quality in the Yamuna showed marginal improvement at some locations in May when compared with April, but the pollution still was alarmingly high across the heavily contaminated stretch flowing through Delhi, according to the latest monitoring report of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).The report, shared on Thursday, is based on water…
A vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean has begun showing signs of a powerful shift beneath its surface, with satellite observations revealing a growing bulge of unusually warm water spreading across the equatorial region. From space, the change appears as an enormous band of elevated sea levels extending from the central Pacific towards the coast…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday directed the agriculture department to draw up a special contingency plan in view of a likely rainfall shortfall under El Niño conditions.Chairing a meeting of the state-level natural calamity committee at Lok Seva Bhavan, he stressed that all concerned departments must work in close coordination, adopting a “whole-of-govt…
Clouds hover above Ranchi Ranchi: At a time when most parts of the state have recorded deficient rainfall since the onset of monsoon on June 12, Ranchi is the only district with surplus rain, Met officials said on Wednesday.Against a normal rainfall of 69.2 mm during the period from June 1 to 17, Ranchi district…
Rainy weather in Kolkata on Saturday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and a spell of showers that was heavier in the northern and eastern parts of the city than the south, that received a steady drizzle for more than an hour from 11 am. Even though a…
Bhubaneswar: Parts of south and central Odisha will likely experience a normal or above-normal monsoon this year, amid possible development of EI Nino condition, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Saturday.However, the north Odisha pockets would likely experience below-normal monsoon, he added. Mohapatra further forecast that heatwave days would be at least…
