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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: monsoon

Monsoon expected to be normal this year, will help have ‘good agriculture output’: IMD

Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences said monsoon in India will be 98% of the Long Period Average which is normal rainfall.

Centre approves release of Rs 1,751 crore to 5 states battered by southwest monsoon

The Ministry of Home Affairs said Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh were the beneficiary states.

Bountiful monsoon rains set to boost India’s agriculture growth

According to govt data, agriculture growth will be the highest since 2017-18, when the sector grew by 5.9%. Output of monsoon-sown food grains, including rice, are all set to climb.

India received third-highest rainfall on record this year, August was wettest in 44 years

The country received 109% of the Long Period Average rainfall this monsoon, making it the wettest on record after 1994 and 2019.

Delhi govt must pay compensation to kin of those who died due to heavy rainfall, says BJP

The first heavy monsoon rainfall in Delhi claimed four lives with reports of waterlogging in several areas of the city.

Delhi records 50% less rainfall than normal, moderate showers expected, says IMD

A fresh spell of light to moderate rains is expected from 17 to 20 July in the national capital, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting center of the IMD.

Meghalaya’s Mawsynram could lose wettest-on-Earth status to this place in Indonesia

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Kharif sowing doubles, thanks to above-normal pre-monsoon rains in central India

The sown acreage for water-intensive crops like cotton and soybean has seen a multi-fold increase in states like MP, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

India records wettest June in 12 years, July likely to see good rainfall: IMD

According to IMD data, the overall rainfall in June was 118% of the Long Period Average, which is considered excess rainfall. The Met Department has predicted 103% rainfall of the LPA for July.

Schools, colleges likely to stay shut in Unlock 2.0 as govt fears Covid spread in monsoon

No major changes are expected in Unlock 2.0 guidelines, though international flights could resume.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.