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Surplus September rains may hit kharif crops despite record sowing and exacerbate the ongoing flood situation in many parts of the country.
India is set for above-normal September rain, extending a monsoon season already marred by flood- and landslide-triggered disasters across several states, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday.
The IMD projects rainfall at over 109% of the long-term average of 167.9 mm in September, a month in which the southwest monsoon begins its retreat. August already logged a 5% surplus, the seventh-highest since 2001, presenting an unusually wet monsoon season. Long-term average is the rainfall in a particular region over a given interval, averaged over a long period of time, like 30 years or 50 years.
Further heavy rains threaten …
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Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
