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Coal India and its subsidiaries offered power plants with existing supply agreements the option to lift additional coal beyond their annual contracted quantities | Photo Credit: The Hindu Daily coal supplies to the power sector have risen 36% from their post-monsoon lows in September and are averaging about 9% higher in October than in the…
Rice millers in Kangayam fear that the retail price of rice may touch ₹100 a kg by the end of January, 2027. Non-availability of paddy and continuous increase in paddy prices are a matter of concern to the millers, said Palaniswamy, president of the Kangayam Rice Millers Association. The retail price of rice is approximately…
Call it the continuum or an early image-building exercise, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, who also holds the Municipal Administration portfolio, has already deployed Ministers and senior officials to take up flood-mitigation works well ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon. He has instructed that all de-silting and stormwater drain (SWD) works be completed…
People wade through knee-deep water on a road amid rain, at Nalasopara in Palghar, Maharashtra, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts for Sunday (July 19, 2026). Mumbai city and its suburbs witnessed rainfall from Saturday (July 18,…
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The hot winds sweeping across the ancient Kallanai, which should be brimming with water by now, are raising temperatures across the Cauvery delta this year. A weak southwest monsoon and the vexed inter-State river water sharing dispute with Karnataka have left farmers in the region in distress yet again. As the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur…
A file photo of rains in Belagavi district. | Photo Credit: File photo Heavy rains lashed parts of Belagavi district on Saturday (July 4), kindling hopes among farmers. The four major rain gauges in the district recorded 75 mm of rainfall in 24 hours. However, there were some reports of damage too. The bridge-cum-barrage on…
The southwest monsoon advanced over Delhi on Thursday, five days after its normal onset date of June 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. This is the first time since 2021 that the monsoon has reached the national capital in July; in 2021, it arrived on July 13. Light rain in the early hours led…
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Visitors enjoying showers on Kartavya Path on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the government has removed 3.4 million metric tonnes of silt from drains across the Capital ahead of the monsoon. Urging residents to help identify stretches where desilting remains incomplete, Ms. Gupta asked them to report such locations through the MCD 311 app,…
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According to lore, the first lines Rabindranath Tagore ever wrote were, “Jol pore, pata nore” – water falls, leaves tremble. It is a simple observation, almost childlike, yet it contains an entire philosophy of rain. Rain is never merely an event of the sky, it is a stirring of the earth, a movement of memory….
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The northeast monsoon is expected to arrive by the third week of October. Greater Chennai Corporation is taking proactive measures to prepare for the upcoming monsoon season. In a post on X, the civic body announced that they have purchased 36 boats to ensure readiness in case of heavy rainfall, distributing them across Zone 3,…
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