. / =& 7 %; %; ; -#$!./012 0(0(3 0('12 40%*,5 7 ? @9<""# <9>&&94&(985.9(5 &"*0"4C*"&5#&(9849? 5*-*83496 0-97"*0-80"45#6"( ("4-("78( -"4<"(- 8*&8(5(5>>"* (5?9(.#4<#&&9"@ &"*3#6&-8#N(&"*O 5-("84 -@5("0">1"@6"" * )*#+A ,! A B" # 5 " 3 4(4/35/67 /1 !" #$ ( 4565*- Additional Director-General Mrutyunjay Mahapatra said. eavy monsoon rain con- Private weather forecaster Htinued to lash Mumbai Skymet’s Managing Director and its neighbouring areas for Jatin Singh said monsoon surge the third consecutive day on is expected from June 30 to July R Sunday, while the northern 15 with a short break in parts of India, including Delhi, between. Punjab and Haryana, are in the The MeT Department said grip of hot and humid weath- that many places in Uttar 7"4.8419. er conditions. Most of the Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, north India witnessed tem- Haryana, Chandigarh and onald Trump stepped onto perature over 40 degrees Delhi and east Madhya Pradesh DNorth Korean soil in a his- Celsius on Sunday and this year witnessed hot and humid con- toric first on Sunday as he met June has become the India’s ditions which are expected to Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong third driest month in the past persist for the next few days. Un in a moment of high diplo- 50 years. The situation is Of the 686 districts, 315 matic drama on the world’s last expected to remain the same in have recorded deficient rainfall; Cold War frontier. the next few days. 175 large deficient and 129 nor- Moments after becoming The India Meteorological mal rainfall. the only sitting US President to Department (IMD) on Sunday As per data, June had set foot inside North Korea, predicted a low pressure area received only 85.7 mm rainfall Trump brought Kim back over over northeast Bay of Bengal in 2009 while the year 2014 wit- the dividing line for a meeting which may intensify into a nessed only 95.4 mm rainfall in ! where they agreed to start depression by July 2, and may June. working-level talks on move westward into central The east and north-east Karnataka, east Rajasthan and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. and adjoining western India in India division comprises the Gujarat — have recorded nor- Trump said he had invited due course. According to the northeastern States and eastern mal rainfall. The official mon- the young leader to the White MeT department, the all-India States of Bihar, Jharkhand and soon season in the country House “anytime he wants to do "# #$ % average rainfall in June so far West Bengal, and all have reg- starts on June 1 and ends on it”. “It was an honour that you & ' ) *# + has been 112.5 mm against the istered deficient rainfall. September 30. asked me to step over that line, normal of 166.9 mm, a defi- Of the 10 subdivisions of According to the and I was proud to step over place in a blaze of publicity in Trump’s entry onto North ciency of 33 per cent till June central India, which covers Agriculture Ministry’s data, the line,” he told Kim. Singapore last year but pro- Korean soil — which he said 30. As many as 29 of the 36 States like Maharashtra, Goa, the total area planted under all 4565*- tion for students up to Class 8 As they sat down for dis- duced only a vaguely worded was uncertain until the last sub-divisions across the coun- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh crops during kharif season has is being extended to July 7,” cussions, Kim said their “hand- pledge about denuclearisation. moment — is an extraordinary try have recorded deficient and Odisha, eight received been 146.61 lakh hectares as n the wake of hot weather Deputy Chief Minister Manish shake of peace” in a location A second meeting in Vietnam sequel to the scene at Kim’s first rainfall and this has impacted deficient rainfall. against last year’s 162.07 lakh Iconditions in the national Sisodia said. that was “the symbol of the in February intended to put summit with Moon Jae-in last sowing by farmers in the cur- Of 10 divisions in the south hectares and the normal five- Capital, the Delhi Government Sisodia clarified that the division of north and south” flesh on those bones broke up year, when the young leader rent kharif season, which has peninsula division, covering year-average of 196.66 lakh on Sunday extended by a week order will be applicable for both showed that “we are willing to without agreement. invited the South Korean been over 25 per cent below the the five States of south India hectares for the same the summer vacation in city Government and private put the past behind us.” The Contact between the two President to walk over the normal levels till date. and Union territories of period. Pulses have taken the schools for students till Class 8. schools. impromptu meeting in the sides has since been minimal Military Demarcation “Parts of north India like Puducherry, Lakshadweep and maximum hit, with a mere 3.42 Now they will open on July 8. Meanwhile, all three DMZ — after Trump issued an — with Pyongyang issuing fre- Line, as the border is officially Delhi, Punjab and Haryana Andaman & Nicobar Islands, lakh hectares being planted. It However, the higher classes will municipal corporations have invitation on Twitter on quent criticisms of the US known. may not benefit due to this low eight received deficient rainfall. was 8.86 and 18.18 lakh reopen on July 1 as per the announced to extend the sum- Saturday — came with negoti- position — but the two leaders A Kim trip to the US pressure area and it is unlike- Only five subdivisions — hectares during this time in schedule. mer vacation for students of all ations between Pyongyang and exchanged a series of letters would be more spectacular, ly that these States will get rain- Konkan and Goa, Jammu & 2018 and 2017, “In view of the hot weath- primary and aided schools of Washington at a deadlock. before Trump issued his offer But Trump said the visit would fall because of it,” IMD’s Kashmir, north interior respectively. er in Delhi, the summer vaca- the corporations till July 8. Their first summit took to meet at the DMZ. happen “at the right time.” ( R ' * + , ( ) *+ - ! ,-- , 0-80"45#6"( 0-80"45#6"( famers to increase horticulture production, said ' ! the report. he Regional Office of the ood grain production declined from 117.82 Top three vegetables with the highest pro- #(4"<"( for the youth. TIndian Meteorological Flakh metric tonnes (MT) in 2016-17 to 84.82 duction recorded in 2017-18 where brijnal (20.1 “However, that’s never Department (IMD) here on lakh MT in 2017-18 due to deficient rainfall and lakh MT), tomato (13.1 lakh MT) and cabbage ational Award-winning something that I set out to do Sunday issued heavy to very severe pest attack of 2017-18. Production of rice, (10.6 lakh MT). On the other hand, mango (8.2 Nactor Zaira Wasim on or become, especially with heavy rainfall alert for several which had almost half the share of gross lakh MT) and banana (4.7 lakh MT)had the Sunday announced her “disas- regards to my ideas of success districts of the State for the next cropped area (GCA) and is a highly water-incen- highest production among fruits. sociation” from the and failure, which 48 hours. Cuttack, Keonjhar, tive crop, witnessed a decline of over 33 per cent, The highest yield was seen in cabbage (280.5 field of acting, saying I had just started A low pressure area, which Kendrapada, Boudh, Balangir, pulling down food grains and total crop pro- quintal/ha) and bringal (170.5 quintal/ha), she was not happy to explore and has formed over northeast Bay Nuapada, Kalahandi, duction in the State, pointed out the latest while among fruits, banana and papaya were the with the line of work understand,” of Bengal and neighbourhood, Kandhamal and Nabarangpur Economic Survey presented in the State high yielding fruits. as it interfered with Wasim said in the is likely to become more which are likely to witness Assembly recently. Apart from fruits and vegetables in horti- her religion. lengthy post. marked and concentrate into a heavy rainfall. It, however, revealed that pulses were the culture, Odisha is diversifying its crop produc- In a detailed post The 18-year- depression during the next 48 On Tuesday, light to mod- only crop group, which witnessed a significant tion and area into spices. The GCA under spices on her Facebook old actor said as hours. Under its impact, erate thundershowers are like- growth in production. The production of puls- has increased from 1.54 lakh hectares in 2011- page, which she later she completed five enhanced rainfall activity ly to occur at most places with es during 2017-18 stood at 10.76 lakh MT, sug- 12 to 1.61 lakh hectares in 2017-18 (an increase shared across all years in the pro- 4565*- would be experienced over heavy rainfall at one or two arcane at 19.9 lakh MT and cotton at 4.1 lakh of 4.5 per cent). Production has increased more social media platforms, the fession, she wanted to “confess several districts, the IMD said. places in the districts of bales. than proportionately in the same period, by 16.8 Kashmiri-born “Dangal” fame that I am not truly happy with he price of non-subsidised The IMD while issuing a Malkangiri, Koraput, Bargarh, The rice yield rate has been low in Odisha per cent (from 4.77 lakh star said she realised “though I this identity”.