There is no El Nino effect this year and the monsoon thus far has been almost normal, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) clarified on Thursday.

According to ICAR scientists, the monso

The drought scouring the farming heartlands of the United States is the worst for 25 years, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday, after briefing President Barack Obama.

Americans dipped into the water, went to the movies and rode the subway just to be in air conditioning on Saturday for relief from unrelenting heat that has killed 30 people across half the country.

Rains drenched almost all parts of Northern region as eight persons were washed away in a flash flood in Himachal Pradesh.

National capital welcomed a rainy weekend with over 40 mm of rains in the f

One person was killed when a four-storeyed building collapsed in the city following heavy rains on Wednesday.

The building Gopal Bhavan, located in Mamletdar Wadi in suburban Malad, caved in followin

India's monsoons should improve next week, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday, as concerns grow that the progress of the crucial June-to-September rains has halted and has hit the sowin

In what could be a repeat of the 2009 drought scenario, the Indian monsoon has played truant again with 74 per cent of the country facing a rainfall deficit.

North-west India has experienced the max

Powerful storms struck the mid-Atlantic states with hurricane-force gusts on Friday, knocking out power to more than one million people in the region and prompting the West Virginia governor to declar

Powerful storms struck the mid-Atlantic states with hurricane-force gusts on Friday, knocking out power to more than one million people in the region and prompting the West Virginia governor to declar

Powerful storms struck the mid-Atlantic states with hurricane-force gusts on Friday, knocking out power to more than one million people in the region and prompting the West Virginia governor to declar