#india rainfall

Rajkot, India

India Received 41% More Rainfall During October

This year, withdrawal of Southwest monsoon from northwest India began on October 6. (File) Mumbai: India received 41 per cent more rainfall than normal during October 1-21 with Uttarakhand alone recording more than five times its normal precipitation, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed on Thursday. Providing a numerical perspective to the unusually heavy rains ravaging several…

Low Rainfall Detected this Year also..

  There are chances of the country being prone to drought since low rainfall is detected this year also. The Weather Forecast Center stated that in 2015, very low rainfall will be observed in India. As per recent reports, the rainfall this year in India will be observed to be lesser than the least recorded rainfall of 89 cm in past 50 years ie., in 1950-2000. The forecast center reported that the…

5X5 – 3. MARKETS

1 • Soft vs Grains Gap Emerges as Hedge Funds Cut Bearish Ag Bets

"Hedge funds cut their bearish bets on agricultural commodities, led by a rethink of the extent of short positions on soft commodities, although grains remained out of favour.

Managed money, a proxy for speculators, cut its net short position in futures and options in the top 13 US-traded agricultural commodities overall, from…