New Delhi, June 28 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted the monsoon would reach Delhi within days-the latest in a series of forecasts it has repeatedly revised in recent weeks as the national capital remains among the last holdouts awaiting seasonal rains that have blanketed the entire country except for a narrow sliver in the northwest.

While "conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over remaining parts of the country during next 2-3 days," according to the IMD, the capital's isolation in this meteorological map stands in contrast to the rest of India, where the southwest monsoon has largely kept pace with or exceeded early predictions made at the beginning of June.

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