A warmer atmosphere can hold moisture, which when released results in heavier downpours over shorter periods of time.

Crisil Rainfall Distortion Index cites how excess rains cover majority of kharif areas but could benefit rabi season ...

Indian monsoons are likely to become stronger and more erratic if global warming continues unchecked, threatening farming and ...

IMD forecasts a weak northeast monsoon this week, with potential rain returning to South Peninsula after December 6.

The interconnected degradation of land and water accentuated by the climate crisis poses an existential threat to India’s ...

India’s financial capital and one of its largest cities has experienced its wettest May in more than a century, with the unusually early arrival of the monsoon season causing a ferocious weekend ...

Bayer CropScience posted a 12% rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, as keeping a tight lid on costs helped the ...

A Crisil index shows excess rainfall was most widespread across key crop-growing states this year, posing a risk to kharif output but aiding winter crops ...

India's rice traders plan to seek export deals for the new season's crop with buyers in emerging markets such as Iraq, ...

A few weeks ago, New Delhi was a very thirsty city. The monsoon was late, and the city’s water supply was low. Government tanker trucks delivering water to parched neighborhoods were bombarded by ...

The bad news for India is scrawled across the scorching sky. Not a speck of monsoon clouds has been spotted over much of north and northwestern India for weeks, and the meteorological office has ...