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driest August since 1901 which, senior meteorologists say, is a clear result of intensifying El Nino conditions. Also, the monsoon this year may end up being the driest since 2015, which recorded a rainfall deficit of 13 per cent, they said. With a 32 per cent precipitation deficit in August so far and the prediction of only subdued rainfall activity over a large part of the country in the next three days, India is on track to record the driest August since 1901, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said, requesting anonymity. August receives 254.9 mm of rainfall, accounting for around 30 per cent of the precipitation during the monsoon season. India recorded a rainfall deficit of 25 per cent in August 2005, 24.6 per cent in 1965; 24.4 per cent in 1920; 24.1 per cent in 2009 and 24 per cent deficit in 1913, according to the IMD data. IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the primary reason for below-normal rainfall in August was El Nino — the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean near South America — besides the «unfavourable phase of the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) which is known to reduce convection in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea». El Nino is generally associated with the weakening monsoon winds and dry weather in India. The MJO is a large-scale intraseasonal atmospheric disturbance originating in tropical Africa and travelling eastwards.

monsoon, which is affecting sowing, and global developments will keep the food inflation at elevated levels and would also hit the demand in rural India owing to lower income and inflation, said CARE Ratings in a report. The government's budgeted cuts on subsidies introduced during the pandemic can further weaken rural demand, it added. According to the report titled 'Erratic Monsoon, Food Prices, and Rural Demand', an uneven monsoon increases the risk to domestic food prices, while global developments don't support domestic inflationary conditions either. CARE Ratings said the food inflation will maintain an elevated trajectory in the coming months, gradually receding by October in conjunction with the influx of fresh harvest into the market. «Our analysis indicates that food and beverage inflation is projected to peak, reaching an average of 9.4% in the second quarter of FY24. Subsequently, we expect a gradual cooling, with an estimated 6.9% in the third quarter of FY24, followed by a further decline to 5.9% in the fourth quarter of FY24,» the report said. The risk to global food prices remains elevated with recent weather-related disruptions in South Asian countries and geopolitical developments. «Higher global food prices can pass through to domestic consumption baskets as import dependency remains high on some items like edible oil and pulses.

Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the busy Times Square subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) water main gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., said Rohit Aggarwala, commissioner of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection. It took DEP crews about an hour to find the source of the leak and shut the water off, Aggarwala said. The excavation left «a big hole at the intersection of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue,» he said. While that intersection remained closed to car traffic, surrounding streets were open by rush hour. Subway service, however, was suspended through much of Manhattan on the 1, 2 and 3 lines, which run directly under the broken pipe. Aggarwala said it appeared that only two local businesses were without left without water at the start of the work day.

(Reuters) -3M said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay $6 billion to settle nearly 260,000 lawsuits accusing it of selling defective combat earplugs that caused hearing loss in hundreds of thousands of current and former U.S. military service members.

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing's ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Shriram Housing Finance Limited (SHFL) and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, have entered into a partnership to launch an affordable green housing lending product for self-constructed homes. The project will deploy IFC’s excellence in design for greater efficiency (EDGE) certification tool for the affordable self-construction segment customers and impact monitoring tool (CAFI) for reporting of green affordable housing. IFC will provide training and capacity building for SHFL teams on the principles and applications of the EDGE software, standards, and certification system. The training will support SHFL in promoting construction of green self-built houses among its potential customers and assessing green components in constructed units for green certification. Ravi Subramanian, Managing Director & CEO, SHFL said, “Who better than to partner with for our affordable green homes financing initiative than IFC.

greenhouse gas. As a consequence, steelmaking is reckoned responsible for about 9% of man-made greenhouse-gas emissions. A widespread aspiration is thus to introduce direct reduction by hydrogen alone.

BRICS countries to reach an understanding with China on the issue of cross-border terrorism, said the State Bank of India (SBI) in a new research report. The report stated that there is a need for India and China to increase cooperation on issues like river water (Brahmaputra) data sharing, entry of Indian pharmaceutical companies into China, etc.

ANI, Basha said, "This is a victory for delta farmers. But at the same time, the Karnataka government will not obey the instructions because in Tamil Nadu we don't have a bold Chief Minister. That is why this (the Cauvery issue) happened.

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Mukesh Ambani a centi-billionaire — they may well determine the hold of the family-run conglomerate on India’s broader economy when control passes to the next generation. That transition could arrive by 2028. At Reliance Industries Ltd.’s annual general meeting Monday, the 66-year-old announced that his three children would be joining the board, even as he continues as chairman and managing director for five more years. Reliance’s sway has grown following a $150 billion investment spree over the past decade.

clinical trial registries. They also acknowledged the potential of evidence-based T&CM practices in public health delivery systems, provided they are rigorously and scientifically validated to be safe and effective as per WHO TM Strategy 2014-23, extended till 2025," said an official.

₹16 lakh crore. This is a big loss to the economy.

Kim Jong Un called for his military to be constantly ready for combat to thwart plots to invade his country, as he accused the U.S. of conducting «more frantic» naval drills with its allies near North Korea, state media reported Tuesday. The U.S. and South Korean militaries are holding joint summer exercises that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

Disaster Management Authority said on Friday. On Sunday, CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the state is grappling with devastation after recent heavy rainfall and landslide, but relentless efforts were carried out to restore crucial roadways and other basic amenities. In the national capital, humid weather conditions prevailed on Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 26.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year.

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Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are mixed amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began to be released into the sea

NEW DELHI : Schools, hotels, restaurants and even companies in Japan have been recipients of some rather galling calls lately. Callers from China swearing at people across the sea have clogged Japanese phone lines.

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), for instance, wants to achieve net zero emissions from all its products by 2039. The company is nearly 100% renewable energy based for its electricity needs, with a 40% reduction in energy consumption, said its South Asia sustainability director, Kanika Pal.

₹50,000 per family in ODF villages. “All these facts demonstrate the positive changes and well-being in rural India," Shekhawat said. India’s remarkable transformation in rural sanitation access—from 39% in 2014 to 100% today—is the world’s largest behavioural change campaign, he said.