South Asia Monsoon

Above-normal rainfall is expected during the 2024 southwest monsoon season over most parts of south Asia, the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum said today.

Monsoon extremes are likely to increase over India and South Asia, while the frequency of short intense rainy days are expected to rise, an IPCC report on climate change said on Monday.

At least 600 people have been killed and over 25 million others affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar, the UN has said.

Shorba or Chorba is a kind of a hot soup or stew relished acrossMiddle-East Asia, South and Central Asia, and North Africa.

India defeated South Korea 4-1 in the Davis Cup Asia\Oceania Group I tie to advance to the World Group play-offs, where they will face Spain

A US government weather forecaster on Thursday extended its outlook for the duration of El Nino, seeing the conditions as likely to continue into the Northern Hemisphere spring.

Recent unseasonal rainfall in India has come as a blessing for some farmers as it has replenished reservoirs in parts of the country, allaying concerns stemming from forecasts for a weak summer monsoon this year.

Bangladesh and its South Asian neighbours are expected to see below average rainfall in 2015 due to the impact of an El Nino weather pattern, which can bring on a dry spell in the region, a weather expert said on Wednesday.

Poor monsoons could dent crop output in India - the world's No.2 rice and sugar producer, while less rains in soybean areas could make the country, already the world's top importer of cooking oils, more dependent on overseas purchases.

The monsoon rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 per cent of the south Asian nation's arable land is rain-fed, and the farm sector accounts for about 15 per cent of a nearly $2 trillion economy, Asia's third-biggest.

India has roped in almost all the world's major weather forecasters in its effort to accurately forecast monsoon rains in the next four years, director-general of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, raising prospects for a rise of up to 15 percent in farm output.

Rains have been patchy since the start of the monsoon season, and there are nagging fears of an El Nino weather pattern—which means less rainfall in South Asia—developing before the end of the year. That spells higher prices for staple foodstuffs, where upward pressures are already evident, and a drag on growth, now running at its slowest in a ...

Rains during the June-September season are likely to be 99 percent of the long-term average, Vilasrao Deshmukh said in a forecast keenly watched by traders and policymakers.

Above-normal rainfall is expected during the 2024 southwest monsoon season over most parts of south Asia, the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum said today.

Monsoon extremes are likely to increase over India and South Asia, while the frequency of short intense rainy days are expected to rise, an IPCC report on climate change said on Monday.

At least 600 people have been killed and over 25 million others affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar, the UN has said.

Shorba or Chorba is a kind of a hot soup or stew relished acrossMiddle-East Asia, South and Central Asia, and North Africa.

India defeated South Korea 4-1 in the Davis Cup Asia\Oceania Group I tie to advance to the World Group play-offs, where they will face Spain

A US government weather forecaster on Thursday extended its outlook for the duration of El Nino, seeing the conditions as likely to continue into the Northern Hemisphere spring.

Recent unseasonal rainfall in India has come as a blessing for some farmers as it has replenished reservoirs in parts of the country, allaying concerns stemming from forecasts for a weak summer monsoon this year.

Bangladesh and its South Asian neighbours are expected to see below average rainfall in 2015 due to the impact of an El Nino weather pattern, which can bring on a dry spell in the region, a weather expert said on Wednesday.

Poor monsoons could dent crop output in India - the world's No.2 rice and sugar producer, while less rains in soybean areas could make the country, already the world's top importer of cooking oils, more dependent on overseas purchases.

The monsoon rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 per cent of the south Asian nation's arable land is rain-fed, and the farm sector accounts for about 15 per cent of a nearly $2 trillion economy, Asia's third-biggest.

India has roped in almost all the world's major weather forecasters in its effort to accurately forecast monsoon rains in the next four years, director-general of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, raising prospects for a rise of up to 15 percent in farm output.

Rains have been patchy since the start of the monsoon season, and there are nagging fears of an El Nino weather pattern—which means less rainfall in South Asia—developing before the end of the year. That spells higher prices for staple foodstuffs, where upward pressures are already evident, and a drag on growth, now running at its slowest in a ...

Rains during the June-September season are likely to be 99 percent of the long-term average, Vilasrao Deshmukh said in a forecast keenly watched by traders and policymakers.