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Bill paving way for Kambala tabled in Karnataka Assembly
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): A Bill to pave way for Kambala, the traditional buffalo race held in the coastal districts of Karnataka, has been tabled in the state assembly today.
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HRW urges Bangladesh to reject Rohingya relocation plan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Bangladesh to immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees from the Cox's Bazar area to Thengar Char, an uninhabited coastal island, saying the move would deprive them of their rights to freedom of movement,
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Cyclone Vardah: NDRF closely monitoring situation, teams on standby
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): As the cyclonic storm Vardah is on its way to make landfall in the coastal region of Chennai today, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Director-general R.K. Pachnanda on Monday said that their teams have been prepositioned at all the major location and
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Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude jolts California coast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
California[U.S.], Dec. 8 (ANI): A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook the ocean floor about 100 miles off the northern California coast on Thursday morning, causing weak to light shaking in coastal communities in parts of that state and Oregon, the US Geological Survey(USGS) said.
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Coastal indigenous consume 15 times more seafood than non-indigenous peopl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 3 (ANI): According to a recent research conducted at the University of Columbia, coastal Indigenous people eat on average 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country.
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Some relief for Tamil Nadu as Cyclone NADA expected to weaken in next 12 h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Dec. 1 (ANI): The Meteorological Department on Thursday said that the Cyclone Nada is expected to weaken in the next 12 hours in the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu.
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Incessant rains throw normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): Incessant rains since Thursday in several parts of coastal and interior Odisha have thrown normal life out of gear.
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Sitharaman announces setting up agencies for aquaculture, fisheries in coa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 23: India's resurgent seafood industry got a major impetus with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a raft of measures, including setting up of agencies for aquaculture and fisheries in all coastal states and ex
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Navy personnel, civilians clean shores on International Coastal Cleanup Da
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept. 19 (ANI): Navy personnel and civilians came out onto the beach over the weekend to clean up the shores on International Coastal Cleanup Day.
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Heavy downpour disrupts normal life in parts of Andhra
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept. 14 (ANI): The low pressure area over west central Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal Andhra Pradesh and the associated upper air cyclonic circulation tilting southwards caused heavy downpour since last 24 hours in coastal Guntur and Prakasam distric
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Incessant rain lashes several parts of Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Aug. 17 (ANI): Incessant rain unleashed many parts of coastal, north and south Odisha as a well marked low pressure over North Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood intensified into a depression.
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Incessant downpour lashes parts of coastal Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Aug. 7 (ANI): Incessant downpour unleashed on parts of coastal Odisha on Sunday, after more than a 24-hour spell of heavy rainfall.
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