Farmers of Aurangabad district, who struggled with alarmingly low rainfall this year, also lost a major part of their crop due to insect infestation last year.
The rains will increase global output through India, the world's largest cotton producer, at a time prices have been near their weakest in more than 3 years.
The IMD said this could be the longest recorded delayed withdrawal of the rain-bearing winds as monsoon remains active over several parts of the country.
A red alert has been issued in nine districts with the worst affected being Wayanad, Malappuram, Kannur and Idukki, as landslides and floods ravage the southern state.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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