Heatwave

India's wheat production is projected to have declined nearly 3 per cent to 106.84 million tonnes while the overall foodgrain production is estimated to have touched record 315.72 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year. The wheat…

Prices of egg have shot up by 18% in the last one month as production of egg laying chicks have come down due to rising feed prices and the heatwave that killed chicks. Poultry breeders and farmers have also approached the Union animal…

LONDON: India and Pakistan could see more than usual number of heat waves per year by 2100 if the countries continue to contribute to the greenhouse effect as they are doing currently, according to a study. Climate change is a reality…

NEW DELHI: Heatwave conditions have abated in all parts of the country, with the southwest monsoon progressing towards central and east India and a fresh Western Disturbance affecting the northwest region, the India Meteorological…

A cloud cover cocooned Delhi on Tuesday, causing the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, the city’s base station, to drop below 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this month, according to the India Meteorological…

Consumers are feeling the pinch of rising chicken and rice prices. Chicken prices have touched five year high this summer as unusual heatwave has killed a good volume of chicks and the poultry feed prices have skyrocketed by more than 80…