India records 1% excess rain but large parts still staring at a deficit
(WorldNews India)

Large parts of India continue to reel under scarce rains, impacting agriculture, particularly in the East, even as heavy rains narrowed the rainfall deficit. The country has received 594mm rainfall as of Thursday, against the normal of 586.7mm, which is an excess of 1%. However, this is the result mostly of heavy rainfall concentrated along the Western...