Dr Vikram Vora advises on preventing common illnesses in monsoon through hygiene, awareness of diseases, and quick medical attention for serious symptoms.

Heavy rain continued to batter Mumbai and adjoining districts on Tuesday, disrupting normal life with widespread waterlogging, suspension of suburban

KARACHI: The Sindh government has ordered a citywide shutdown for Wednesday, August 20, after fierce rains engulfed Karachi, causing urban flooding that poured into homes and killing at least

Mumbai continues to battle heavy monsoon rains on August 20, with IMD issuing red and orange alerts for the city and surrounding districts.

With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.

Heavy monsoon rains have boosted India’s reservoirs, setting hydropower output on course to rise about 10% in FY26, after a similar gain in FY25. The surge enhances grid stability, though heavy silt from torrential rains poses risks to turbine operations.

Ample monsoon rainfall in India has helped replenish water in key reservoirs, improving prospects for winter-sown crops such as wheat and rapeseed that mostly rely on dams and groundwater for irrigation.

Ahmedabad is expected to experience another wet spell this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a heavy rainfall warning for the city until Saturday. The forecast predicts thunderstorms with rain from 19 to 23 August,