S&P Global Ratings has said households in India and other Asia-Pacific economies remain highly vulnerable to weather-related supply shocks from the El Nino period starting in 2026. The climate phenomenon is expected…
A transition from MGNREGA to the new VB G RAM G rural employment scheme could quadruple state governments' fiscal burden to around Rs 35,300 crore in FY27, according to a report by…
A study in the Journal of Historical Geography links two volcanic eruptions in the 1830s, one in Japan (1831) and one in Nicaragua (1835), to the Agra and Madras famines that killed…
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology reports that El Nino has strengthened and could become one of the strongest since 1950, with sea-surface temperatures in the central Pacific rising 1.94°C above normal. Meanwhile,…
Indian rice export prices held near a 10-month high this week, with the 5% broken parboiled variety quoted at $358-364 per tonne, as rising domestic paddy prices and El Niño fears tightened…
Urad supplies are expected to remain adequate this year despite El Niño concerns and a 13% rainfall shortfall, Mint reports. Kharif urad sowing was up nearly 11% year-on-year to 2.108 million hectares…
Puerto Rico will begin rotating water rationing on Friday, leaving tens of thousands without supplies for 48 hours at a time. The programme will run at least until the end of August.…
India's monsoon deficit has fallen to 9% of the long-term average, its lowest since June 5, thanks to an average first week of August that brought 63.1 mm of rain. July had…
Jharkhand’s rainfall this year remains 48% below normal despite heavier-than-expected rain in July, while a strengthening El Niño threatens another failed season. Palamu has faced every one of the state’s ten declared…
Tamil Nadu has prepared contingency measures for 12 districts expected to face severe effects from a Super El Nino event, Agriculture Minister R Vinoth said while presenting the state’s Rs 58,374.09 crore…
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