Malda, also known as English Bazar in West Bengal, is famous for multiple varieties of mangoes. The city harvest mangoes in more than 31,000 hectares area.
April 27, 2020The Skymet said this will be the last rains now and the temperature will rise. Clear sky, bright sunshine and soaring temperatures will be witnessed.
March 14, 2020Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot held a meeting with Chief Secretary DB Gupta and other officials on Friday and directed them to survey the crop loss.
December 14, 2019"The sky will remain generally cloudy throughout the day with light to moderate rain or thunderstorm and hail likely in the later parts of the day as well," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
February 7, 2019Hailstorm was reported in areas like Subhash Nagar and Paschim Vihar in the morning in the national capital, which received rains throughout Monday night.
January 22, 2019With farmers especially apple growers suffering around 15-20 crop losses due to hailstorms every year, experts call for identifying management practices and developing indigenous technologies to address the issue. 85 progressive farmers from the state and scientists from several premier institutions of the country took part in a workshop at Nauni based Dr YS Parmar …
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July 2, 2018Akrura Bisi (50) and other farmers were staging a demonstration demanding adequate compensation. He delivered a speech and before anyone could realise took out a bottle of suspected pesticide and consumed it. His condition is serious, according to doctors
May 3, 2018North Balasore experienced a severe hailstorm yesterday causing damage to crops and property and injuring at least 20 people. Properties worth of crores of rupees have been damaged and as at least 20 people in Remuna area sustained hailstorm injuries. Either they were in the agriculture fields or on their way to their homes when …
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April 3, 2018Unexpected hail accompanied by heavy rain and stormy winds wreaked havoc on life and crops in several parts of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, resulting in the death of at least six persons and more than a dozen cows and other livestock besides severe damage to standing crops of wheat and gram. Bhopal experienced 13.3 mm …
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February 13, 2018As Mumbai braces for Cyclone Ockhi, areas near the metropolis witnessed a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed today as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early today, police said. The weather department has forecast intermittent rains in Mumbai …
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December 5, 2017A warning for thundershowers and hailstorm was sounded in the hill state of Uttarakhand on Thursday. The state is likely witness thunderstorms on Thursday evening which will continue for the next 24 hours, an official of the weather department said. There has been rains in most hilly tracts for the last few days but the …
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June 15, 2017A 1888 hailstorm in India has been identified by the UN weather agency among all-time deadliest weather events. The severe hailstorm near Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh killed 246 people. This is the first time that the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Archive of Weather and Climate Extremeshas broadened its scope from temperature and weather records to …
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May 20, 2017Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm lashed many parts of the Northeastern region, weather officials said on Thursday. Similar weather will continue the next three days. The rains have submerged the polo ground in Imphal, the oldest polo ground in the world. "As all drains in and around Imphal are clogged, the rain …
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March 30, 2017