Rajasthan has recorded 128 per cent more rainfall than normal during June in the ongoing monsoon season, the weather department officials have said.

According to the Meteorological Department, heavy showers have filled ponds and dams across the state much earlier than usual. The rainfall has been particularly abundant in eastern Rajasthan, which received 160 per cent more than average, while western Rajasthan saw a 79 per cent increase.

As a result, rivers and seasonal drains are flowing strongly, and water levels in many dams have risen significantly. In the Kota division, several smaller dams are already filled to capacity, while major reservoirs like Bisalpur, Parvati, and Mahi Bajaj Sagar have also received a healthy inflow.

The Water Resources Department reports that Rajasthan's dams currently hold 50.45 per cent of their total storage capacity -- a significant jump from 32.53 per cent on the same date last year.

The death toll in the explosion in a pharmaceutical unit at Pashamylaram near Hyderabad mounted to 36 on Tuesday.

With some of the injured succumbing at hospitals and rescue workers recovering more bodies from debris, the death toll rose sharply since Monday.

The toll in the worst industrial disaster in Telangana may go up further as the rescue workers continued searches for the bodies in the debris of a three-storey building which collapsed under the impact of the blast.

A massive explosion had rocked Sigachi Industries Limited's pharmaceutical factory at Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district, about 50 km from Hyderabad, on Monday morning.

A fire incident was reported from the government-run Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The mishap occurred in the burns ward of the hospital, and all 26 inpatients were safely shifted to another block.

According to the preliminary investigation by the police, the fire broke out at around 3 a.m. in the burns ward due to a short circuit in the switchboard. A bed, register book, and other equipment were gutted in the incident.

The fire and smoke engulfed the ground floor of the burns ward. Dr Divya, who was on night duty, noticed the fire and promptly alerted the authorities. The hospital staff then safely relocated all 26 patients to another ward in H Block.

One person was reportedly killed and at least nine people went missing in multiple cloudbursts overnight in Karsog division of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said on Tuesday.

The cloudbursts triggered flash floods that washed away many houses.

At least 41 people have been rescued by the district administration and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

According to reports, 10 houses and a bridge were swept away by floods in Kuklah. In Mandi district, the 16-MW Patikari Hydro-Electric Power Project has also been washed away.

The run-of-the-river power project is built on the Bakhli Khad, a left-bank tributary of the Beas river.

An explosion in a spray dryer machine is suspected to have caused Telangana’s worst industrial disaster at the pharmaceutical unit of Sigachi Industries at Pashamylaram near Hyderabad, claiming more than 30 lives.

While authorities have launched an investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the blast, officials in the industries department believe that a massive temperature buildup in the spray dryer may have caused the explosion in the Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) drying unit.

A spray dryer turns a liquid or slurry into a dried powder by atomising it into a hot gas stream. As a chemical process in a spray dryer leads to a sharp rise in temperature, a bow air handler is used to regulate airflow and temperature.

Experts say the blow air handler has to be cleaned at regular intervals for the system to work effectively. They suspect that a lack of proper cleaning may have resulted in the temperature rising to the highest level in the spray dryer, and this could have triggered the explosion.

After a hoax bomb threat was sent via email to the Jabalpur Airport last week, operations at the airport have resumed now, authorities said on Monday.

The threat triggered a full-scale emergency response, leading to the evacuation of the terminal and a three-hour-long security sweep.

The email, received by an airport official, claimed that powerful explosives had been planted in bags around the premises and warned of mass casualties if the buildings were not evacuated immediately.

The message was signed by groups identifying themselves as "Road Kill" and "Kyon".

Airport authorities promptly activated emergency protocols.

The Khamaria police station in-charge Sarojini Chouksey said the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS), along with a police team from the station, fire brigade units, and ambulances, were deployed to the site.

The terminal was cleared of passengers and staff while the BDDS team conducted a comprehensive search of the airport complex.

In a rare and significant weather event, Churu -- a district in Rajasthan renowned for its extreme temperatures -- recorded 85.1 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. This marks the highest single-day rainfall ever recorded in June for the city, according to Radheshyam Sharma, Director of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Jaipur Centre.

According to the IMD, this surpasses the previous record of 81.9 mm, registered on June 24, 1988. The data is based on records maintained from 1956 to the present. This exceptional downpour not only highlights the increasing variability in monsoon patterns but also adds to Churu's unique weather history.

Churu is famously unpredictable in terms of climate. Despite being located near the Thar Desert, one of India’s hottest regions, the district has experienced extreme cold spells in winters.

On December 18, 2021, it recorded a temperature of just 1.1 degrees Celsius, and in 2020, it dipped to minus 1.5 degrees C, the lowest December temperature in 46 years. The lowest ever recorded temperature was minus 4.6 degrees C on December 28, 1973, with minus 1.4 degrees C also recorded in 2011. Ice formation has also been observed here during December and January.

ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਹੈਦਰਾਬਾਦ ਨੇੜੇ ਪਸ਼ਮੈਲਾਰਾਮ ਵਿਖੇ ਇੱਕ ਉਦਯੋਗਿਕ ਯੂਨਿਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਡੇ ਰਿਐਕਟਰ ਧਮਾਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਛੇ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਰੇ ਜਾਣ ਅਤੇ 20 ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਖਮੀ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਖਦਸ਼ਾ ਹੈ।

ਇਹ ਘਟਨਾ ਸੰਗਰੇਡੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗਿਕ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਕੈਮੀਕਲ ਫੈਕਟਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਵੇਰੇ 9 ਵਜੇ ਦੇ ਕਰੀਬ ਵਾਪਰੀ।

ਧਮਾਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਡੀ ਅੱਗ ਲੱਗ ਗਈ, ਜਿਸਨੇ ਸਿਗਾਚੀ ਕੈਮੀਕਲਜ਼ ਦੇ ਅਹਾਤੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਲਪੇਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ। ਅੱਗ ਬੁਝਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਫਾਇਰਫਾਈਟਰ ਮੌਕੇ 'ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਏ। ਅੱਗ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਬੂ ਪਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਗਿਆਰਾਂ ਫਾਇਰ ਇੰਜਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੇਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ।

Six workers were feared killed and 20 others injured in a massive reactor blast at an industrial unit at Pashamailaram near Hyderabad on Monday.

The incident occurred at a chemical factory in the industrial area in Sangareddy district around 9 a.m.

The explosion triggered a huge fire, which engulfed the premises of Sigachi Chemicals. Firefighters rushed to the spot to douse the fire. Eleven fire engines were pressed into service to control the fire.

Police, fire services and other personnel launched rescue and relief operations. Ambulances were also seen at the spot to shift the injured to hospitals.

Three children from the same family drowned in a tragic incident in the Utavali village, located under the Pipat police station limits of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

The siblings -- identified as 12-year-old Hari Yadav, 10-year-old Sunita Yadav, and 7-year-old Bhanu Pratap Yadav -- had gone to bathe in the Ghuvau pond on Sunday when the accident occurred.

Bijawar Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajay Kumar Rithoriya confirmed the details and stated that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of the drowning. According to the official, all three children were siblings from a family. They went to take a bath during the rain in a pond. One of the children began to struggle in the water, prompting the other two to attempt a rescue.