Severe cyclone Murasu may make landfall along south coastal Andhra Pradesh by Monday night and move inland but easterlies blowing across the Bay towards Tamil Nadu may keep the rain taps open
Having come closest to Chennai coast at about 200 km over the seas, Murasu appeared to have skirted the city and was now heading towards its likely landfall zone along the South Andhra coast.
The storm may move towards south Andhra Pradesh coast by the early hours of Tuesday before crossing the coast as a severe cyclone along the 375-km stretch between Nellore and Narsapur
The storm may move towards south Andhra Pradesh coast by the early hours of Tuesday before crossing the coast as a severe cyclone along the 375-km stretch between Nellore and Narsapur
IMD sees isolated extremely heavy rainfall likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on Monday; isolated heavy over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, and Telangana on Monday and Tuesday
Arnab may move west-northwest till this evening, and later northtwest, to cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, as a very severe cyclone
Centre’s move aims to regulate surplus tobacco sales and stabilise markets by enabling auctions for both registered and unregistered growers in AP for 2025-26, under Tobacco Board oversight.
Aquapulse, a shrimp‑farming technology platform backed by Nabventures, announced plans to triple its farmer network and enter Andhra Pradesh within the next 12‑18 months. The Bhubaneswar‑based firm currently serves over 7,000 shrimp farmers across Odisha and West Bengal, covering roughly 20,000 hectares.
