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Cycle of extremes: Erratic monsoon hits crops in Karnataka’s Kaveri basin The rainfall anomaly in the Kaveri basin is part of a larger trend where climate change results in spells of torrential rain interspersed with unusually dry periods Current Affairs  :- Sporadic precipitation this storm harmed 25 percent of the kharif (summer) crops planted in the regions along the Kaveri stream bowl of southern and inside Karnataka, as per a neighborhood rancher’s system. The ranchers here had deferred the planting of these yields to August since June and July, customary planting months, had detailed inadequate precipitation. Yet, heavy rains in August demolished a fourth of the harvests, both youthful and develop. The southern territories of the Kaveri bowl detailed a 28 percent precipitation inadequacy and focal zones 22 percent, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Be that as it may, August recorded a 102 percent “huge overabundance”. “The measure of precipitat...

Nearly 50% of India is currently facing drought: IIT Gandhinagar scientists The continuing drought will further burden the already depleting groundwater resources of the country About  50 percent  of the nation is presently confronting  draught  less than 16 percent falling in the “outstanding” or “outrageous” class, as per IIT Gandhinagar researchers dealing with India’s ongoing dry season expectation framework. This continuous dry spell will represent a great deal of difficulties in water accessibility this late spring, Vimal Mishra, partner teacher at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, told  PTI . The constant observing framework kept running by his group, which incorporates PhD understudy Amardeep Tiwari, gathers climate and precipitation information from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is then used to reproduce soil dampness and different variables that add to dry spell. The aftereffects of the reproductions, a...