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Taliban execute, 'disappear' alleged militants in Afghanistan: Human Right
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 7 (ANI): With one investigation revealing that over 100 bodies had been dumped in an emptied canal in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said Taliban security forces are carrying out abusive search operations where they execute and forcibly disappear reside
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Farmers of Rajouri benefit from newly constructed canals under AIBP scheme
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 15 (ANI): Department of Flood Control and Irrigation provided the poor farmers with facilities of proper water canals for irrigation under the "Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)" scheme in the Thanamandi area of Rajouri in Jammu an
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Master plan would be drawn up to prevent flooding: K'taka CM after visitin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said a master plan to widen the major Rajakaluves (main stormwater drains) and build diversion canals in Bengaluru to ensure smooth flow of waters would be drawn up to address the problem o
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Farmers in Pakistan's Punjab province face irrigation issues due to closur
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bahawalpur [Pakistan], November 1 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan's Punjab province have expressed concerns over the closure of canals across the Bahawalpur division, as they are unable to receive irrigation water, a media report said.
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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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Pakistan's Sindh urges IRSA to stop water release into link canals as prov
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 25 (ANI): Amid a severe dispute over the water crisis between Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (IRSA) and Sindh government, another shortage of water has hit the farmlands of the province.
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Army to get major bridge boost for operations along western borders
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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Pakistan's Cholistan region protest for release of water in canals
Updated : 5 years 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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Delhi may face huge water crises as Punjab will close canals from Bhakra d
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Delhi may face a huge water supply cut of about 25 per cent as the canals from Bhakra dam in Punjab will be closed, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.
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India's 1st and largest PPP on waste water reuse completed in record time
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI/PNN): Since our ancient times, India has been known as the land of 'Sujalam and Sufalam'. The various rivers worshipped as deities have ensured that Indians remain water secure. However, rising urban population and growing industrialisation hav
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Karnataka CM urges PM Modi to approve 6 proposals under canal modernisatio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to approve 6 proposals worth Rs 6,673 crores under modernisation of canals project.
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Study: Improve earplug efficiency to preserve workers' hearing health
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A study led by the researchers of the Institut de recherche en Sante et securite du travail (IRSST) and the Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS University) examined the association of structure of ear canals to the different commonly-used models of earplug
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