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Ever Given, the ship that blocked Suez Canal, released after settlement re
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], July 7 (ANI): The Ever Given cargo ship, which blocked the Suez Canal in the month of March, was released on Wednesday after it was allowed leave by Egyptian authorities.
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Army to get major bridge boost for operations along western borders
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): In a major boost for 'Make in India' in defence sector, the Indian Army would be getting the first 12 indigenously developed 10 metre Short Span Bridging systems on Friday, which will help the force come over geographical obstacles like small rivers and canal
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Erdogan inaugurates the controversial canal project, Istanbul Mayor has ni
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 28 (ANI): Ignoring strong reservations and objections from many quarters, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday took the first step for the implementation of his most ambitious mega project called the Canal Istanbul project, with the groundbrea
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Pakistan's Cholistan region protest for release of water in canals
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Cholistan region (desert) on Tuesday protested for release of water in canals as they had been facing an acute water shortage for the last two months and were forced to drink brackish subsoil water.
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Suez Canal authority plans to widen canal to avoid event like 'The Ever Gr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], June 1 (ANI): In an effort to avoid a repeat of the event like cargo ship which was struck in Egypt, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced that it had started dredging work to widen and deepen the southern part of the canal.
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Egypt demands 550 million US dollars from Japanese cargo ship owner
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 31 (ANI): Egyptian authorities are demanding 550 million US dollars in compensation from the Japanese owner of a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March.
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Pakistan's Sindh, Punjab tiff over water-sharing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): The ongoing tug of war between the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) members from Pakistan's Sindh and Punjab over water distribution has touched a new low over the opening of TP link canal from the Indus at a time when the low riparian federating uni
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Telangana CM asks officials to invite tenders for lift irrigation schemes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 26 (ANI): Ahead of the approaching monsoon season, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the officials to complete estimates for all the Lift Irrigation Schemes proposed from Devarakonda to Kodad under Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal juris
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Geocycle using bubble curtain technology to stop plastic from entering riv
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Geocycle, the global waste management arm of building solutions provider LafargeHolcim, is implementing innovative bubble curtain technology for the first time in India to stop plastic from entering the river Yamuna.
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Family of 11 dies after van falls into canal in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): A family of 11 people died in an accident in Pakistan's Punjab on Friday evening after their passenger van plunged into a canal.
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Erdogan's 'crazy' canal project may turn into Turkey's White Elephant
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], 4 May (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after trying to change the country's history through his involvement in numerous conflicts in the Middle East and Nagorno Karabakh, appears to be determined to change the geography also by trying to create a second Bospo
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Andhra Pradesh: Young woman attempts suicide after parents reprimand her f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): A 19-year-old woman jumped into the Budameru canal in Andhra Pradesh's Kesarapalli village after her parents reprimanded her about the backlog due to failing in past college exams, but fortunately she was saved by some locals.
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