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Fighting erupts across Afghanistan as Taliban launch offensive after US mi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): Taliban have launched a new wave of offensive in several Afghan cities and are resorting to bombings and heavy weapons after the United States missed May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
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Bengaluru slips 4 spots in global prime residential index Q1: Knight Frank
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Bengaluru has moved down four spots to 40th rank in the latest Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index Q1 released on Thursday.
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Improve economic opportunities in cities to build sustainable future: ADB
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines] May 4 (ANI): Improving quality of life along with social and economic opportunities in Asia's fast-growing cities are instrumental in fulfilling their potential as engines of economic prosperity and hubs for sustainability, according to a report by Asian Development
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Myanmar: 5 killed as security forces open fire on protestors
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 2 (ANI): Myanmar security forces on Sunday opened fire on protestors demonstrating against the military junta in the several cities of the country and killed at least five people.
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Second COVID-19 wave cripples Pak's Punjab health care system
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): The rising COVID-19 cases has overwhelmed the health care system in several cities in Pakistan's Punjab as almost all ventilators in Gujranwala are occupied while the occupancy rate in Lahore was 81.5 per cent.
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Satellite study finds rising levels of hidden air pollutants in Indian cit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 2 (ANI): A UK based study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, found that hidden air pollutants like fine particles- PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), both hazardous to health, are increasing in Indian cities.
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COVID-19: RCB to donate for oxygen support, sport 'blue jersey' to show so
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 2 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday informed that the franchise will be making a financial contribution to help the healthcare infrastructure related to Oxygen support in Bengaluru and other cities of the country.
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Study finds Indian cities facing surge in hidden air pollutants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], May 1 (ANI): According to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day, levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the surge.
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Nepal issues prohibitory order in Kathmandu, other cities as infections s
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 29 (ANI): A prohibitory order has come into effect in Nepali capital Kathmandu along with adjoining districts as Himalayan Nation braces for second wave of COVID-19 infection.
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Bureau of Indian Standards' new Reference Architecture for Smart Cities ad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology consortium, today announced the adoption of the ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, in the publication of India's ICT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities (ICTRA),
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Hidden air pollutants on the rise in cities in India, UK: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [England], April 29 (ANI): Levels of air pollutants in cities in India are on the rise, according to scientists using observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies every day.
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Report highlights nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 29 (ANI): A new report highlights planting urban trees, increasing community green spaces, utilising brownfield sites and building sustainable drainage systems as effective nature-based solutions in cities to improve wellbeing, bring economic benefit, increase biodiversity
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