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The southwest monsoon trough is likely to resume its progress over the western parts of the country after more than two weeks, as conditions are favourable for the trough to advance over more parts of Maharashtra around Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said. The western branch of the trough has been in the same position since Jun. 8. Conditions are also favourable for the trough to move over more parts of Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Bihar, and some parts of Chhattisgarh around Tuesday, the weather department said. Read more
India exported tea worth INR 21.31 billion in Jan-Apr, 15.3% lower than INR 25.17 billion in the year ago period, according to provisional data released by Tea Board India. In volume terms, exports fell nearly 19% to 69.81 million kilograms during the period. Read more
The southwest monsoon trough has remained in the same position for the past few days, with the western arm stationary over Harnai and Solapur in Maharashtra since Jun. 8 and the eastern arm stuck over Muzaffarpur in Bihar since Jun. 12. The rainfall deficit over India is growing rapidly, and is likely to widen further as the progress of the monsoon is expected to be sluggish for the next five to seven days, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said. Read more
The area under kharif crops in Andhra Pradesh was 148,000 hectares as of Wednesday, up more than 74% from 85,000 hectares a year ago, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The normal acreage for the season is 3.08 million hectares, of which nearly 5% has been covered so far. Read more
The water level in 166 key reservoirs in the country was at 50.46 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, accounting for 27.5% of the total live storage capacity, data from the Central Water Commission showed. The water level was down 13.4% from a year ago and 13.0% above the average storage over the past 10 years, the data showed. Read more
Domestic gold prices have eased nearly 4% in the first half of June on subdued demand, but have risen over 13% from January levels amid an import duty hike and a weak rupee, the World Gold Council said. Meanwhile, jewellers' discounts have retreated in June from the deep discounts offered after New Delhi hiked import duty in May, it added. Read more
By Shreya Shetty Kharif sowing in Maharashtra is off to a slow start this year due to the delayed monsoon, which has prompted the state government to instruct farmers to postpone sowing till monsoon showers begin, experts and market participants said. However, with dwindling water levels in reservoirs, the state's prioritisation of drinking water over farming is likely to slow down sowing further, they said. Read more
Heatwave conditions are likely in parts of central Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, and Telangana till Saturday, in east Uttar Pradesh till Saturday, and in west Uttar Pradesh from Friday to Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said. Hot and humid weather conditions are also likely in parts of Gangetic West Bengal till Friday, Odisha till Saturday, Konkan and Goa till Sunday, and Andhra Pradesh on Friday and Saturday, the weather department said. Read more
Supply of energy products such as crude oil and liquefied natural gas may normalise to pre-war levels by the early months of 2027 after the 60-day ceasefire between US and Iran ends, but only if the "fragile" peace pact between the two warring nations holds, experts at S&P Global Energy concurred at the firm's Mumbai Energy Briefing held here on Thursday. Read more
Asia warmed faster than the global average in recent decades, with the warming trend during 1991-2025 approximately twice that observed during 1961-1990, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report Wednesday. For Asia, 2025 was between the second- and fourth-warmest year on record, depending on the dataset used. Ocean heat in Asia reached a new record in 2025, affecting almost the entire ocean area of the continent, the organisation said. Read more
