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Delhi stares at power blackout, power plants supplying electricity facing
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday cautioned that there could be complete backout in the national capital after two days if power plants supplying electricity to the national capital do not receive an immediate supply of coal.
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt, LNJP Hospital over poor infrastructure
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Government of NCT Delhi and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital on a petition alleging there is an acute shortage of basic essential equipment like wheel-chairs and stretchers that is deteriorating th
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Half of Afghanistan's children under-5 expected to suffer from acute malnu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 6 (ANI): An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding that without immediate treatment, at least a million are at risk of dying.
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Nine children with acute respiratory infection, fever die at Siliguri hosp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], October 1 (ANI): In a series of deaths at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital of West Bengal's Siliguri, an eight-month-old baby from Jalpaiguri district, suffering from fever and acute respiratory infection (ARI) died. This was the ninth death of
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Pakistan: Balochistan facing drought-like situation
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): Pakistan's green belt of Balochistan is facing a drought-like situation due to the unfair distribution of water from the Sindh province that even locals do not have water to drink and water their lands for their crops.
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Farmers protest against water shortage in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): A large number of farmers on Saturday staged a protest march against the acute shortage of water at Dadu district located in Pakistan's Sindh province, local media reported.
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Borewell in J-K's Ramban brings relief from acute water shortage
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 12 (ANI): After facing acute water shortage, people of Gool tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district got relief after the first borewell was dug in the district by the Jal Shakti Department of the Union Territory.
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Flour Mills Association in Pakistan's Punjab warn against acute shortage o
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] September 7 (ANI): Flour Mills Association Chairman Asim Raza on Sunday warned the Pakistani authorities against an acute shortage of wheat in the Punjab province.
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Afghan crisis: Delhi's refugee school faces uncertain future as funds dwin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Faced with an acute shortage of funds, the Syed Jamaluddin Afghan School in Delhi's Bhogal, the only educational resource for refugees from the war-torn country in the area is staring at an uncertain future.
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Experts underline the importance of community based approach in addressing
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): With malnutrition continuing to be a leading risk factor for death in children younger than 5 years, a webinar to address Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) was held recently by industry chamber ASSOCHAM brought together top Government officials, p
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New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): The findings of a new Cornell University research suggested that female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emoti
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Pakistan's Sindh faces crisis, acute water shortage for drinking, irrigati
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Sindh) [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Amid water shortage in the Sindh area, Pakistan authorities in have started to reduce the flow of canals in the province leading to an acute shortage of water for drinking as well as for irrigation.
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