After a delay of more than a week, monsoon rain reached Kerala on Thursday, offering relief to farmers and marking its latest arrival in four years. (Reuters)
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"Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the 8th June 2023, against the normal date of 1st June," the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement. (PTI)
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The IMD earlier predicted the rains to arrive over the state's coast on June 4 but the formation of severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea delayed their onset. (PTI)
The monsoon has begun after taking into account rainfall measured at weather stations in the southern state of Kerala and westerly wind speeds, the IMD confirmed. (AP)
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Conditions are favourable for the monsoon to advance into the central Arabian Sea and some parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states, the IMD said. (PTI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
