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Amid competition with US, China building over 100 missile silos in western
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 1 (ANI): In the midst of heated competition with the United States, China has been constructing more than 100 new missile silos in a desert area located in the western part of the country, in what experts say signals plans to significantly expand its nuclear capabilitie
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Army's Shatrujeet Brigade conducts airborne exercise to validate rapid res
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 27 (ANI): The Shatrujeet Brigade of the Indian Army conducted an airborne exercise to validate the brigade's rapid response capability in the desert sector in Rajasthan.
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Cold desert Ladakh experienced active flooding during post-glacial warming
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya once experienced large floods that rose much above the present-day river level scientists have shown, scientists have shown, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed on Wednesday.
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India working to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030: PM
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed that land degradation poses a special challenge to the developing world and it was the world's sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for future generations.
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PM Modi to address virtual high-level UN meet on desertification, land deg
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a virtual high-level United Nations' dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought on Monday.
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BJP confident of keeping its flock together in Bengal despite Mukul Roy's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident that it would be able to keep its flock together in West Bengal despite Mukul Roy deserting it to rejoin the Trinamool Congress.
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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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People feed stray animals amid COVID lockdown in Patna
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 25 (ANI):Due to the second COVID-19 wave and the resultant lockdown, streets are deserted, restaurants and roadside eateries closed, and stray animals are struggling to find food. But there are some Good Samaritans in Patna who are feeding them in the city every da
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COVID-19 induced lockdown imposed in J-K extended till May 17
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 13 (ANI): Just a day before Eid-ul-Fitr, streets of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday wear a deserted look as COVID-19 induced lockdown was extended till May 17 to tackle the COVID-19 situation.
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J-K: streets wear deserted look as 'Corona Curfew' extended till May 17
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 10 (ANI): Streets of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday wear a deserted look as 'Corona Curfew' is being extended in the Union Territory till May 17 to tackle the COVID-19 situation.
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Amid surging COVID-19 cases, 9-day lockdown begins in Kerala
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 8 (ANI): Amid rising cases of COVID-19, Kerala woke up to deserted streets and closed shops as the eight-day statewide lockdown came into effect from 6 am Saturday.
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Mosques in Lucknow remain deserted on 'Alvida Jumma' amid COVID-19 restric
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Mosques in Lucknow remained deserted on 'Alvida Juma' (last Friday of the month of Ramadan) here today due to the lockdown restrictions put in place amid the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
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