Temp remains below normal as pre-monsoon rains continue

Protest marches were held on the seventh day of the GJM-sponsored indefinite shutdown today in the Darjeeling hills where normal life remained crippled and Internet services suspended with the security forces maintaining a hawk-eyed vigil.

Pre-dawn showers lashed the national capital today keeping the mercury within normal levels even as humidity shot up. The Safdarjung weather station recorded a rainfall of 20.2 mm in the last 24 hours till 8.30 AM while observatories at Lodhi Road, Palam, ...

A lot of has been buzzing in the agricultural space and much of those cues are coming from monsoon. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, DS Pai, Director-Long Range Forecast at India Meteorological Department shared his readings and expectations of overall monsoon ...

The monsoon session of Parliament, normally in July, is yet to be announced. Generally, the session is announced in June. The Union Cabinet sub committee on Parliamentary Affairs which recommends the dates to the President of India to summon the Monsoon session, has deferred its decision of convening Parliament on July 18, so that Members of Parliament can vote for the Presidential election, which will take place  inside Parliament house.But babudom has another version. Prime Minister ...

The 100-hour Dima Hasao bandh called by the Indigenous Peoples Forum (IPF) from today morning affected normal life in the district.

Economic think-tank NCAER has revised up its projection for the country's economic growth to 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal, compared with the earlier prediction of 7.3 per cent on forecast of normal monsoon. In its quarterly review of the economy, NCAER ...

With 13 of India’s 15 hottest years on record occurring since 2002, intense heat appears to be the new normal. The post India to become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but deaths due to heat are preventable appeared first on Firstpost .

With weekly additions slowing, it's likely that demand could be slackening Over the past few months, there has been a steady decline in  weekly additions to currency in circulation (CIC). In the week ending May 26, the addition was a mere Rs 5,900 crore (Rs 59 billion), down from roughly Rs 7,600 crore (Rs 76 billion) the week before. By comparison, in the week ending January 13, Rs 52,786 crore (Rs 527.86 billion)  was pumped into the system. The total of currency in circulation now ...

The UPL stock hit an all-time high of ~892 on the BSE on Tuesday, on expectations that a normal monsoon will improve its volumes and boost revenue growth. India accounts for 20 per cent of its consolidated revenues. Analysts at Emkay Research said a ...