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US House passes resolution urging Biden admin to facilitate COVID aid to I
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): The US House has passed a resolution recognizing the devastating impact of COVID-19 in India and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to urgently facilitate assistance.
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Dams along Mekong by China threatening farmers and fish in Southeast Asia:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 8 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the river to feed country's growing energy needs is causing problems downriver -- having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in South
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New study highlights origin of comet that brought reign of dinosaurs to an
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], February 16 (ANI): A new study led by the scientists of Harvard University has put forth a new theory that could explain the origin and journey of the comet named Chicxulub impactor whose devastating impact brought the reign of the dinosaurs to an abrupt and c
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Certif-ID in Partnership with UNESCO unveils policy brief on digital crede
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], October 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): In light of the devastating impact of COVID-19 on skilled workers, Certif-ID International and UNESCO joined forces, launching an initiative 'Next Step: Education To Employment' to support skilled professionals in returning
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Manipur: Villagers dependent on Loktak Lake narrate woes owing to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the virus have shown the devastating impact on the locals of Champu Khangpok village who are dependent on fishing from the famous Loktak Lake for their livelihood.
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British Airways retires entire Boeing 747 fleet due to impact of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London (UK), July 18 (ANI): The British Airways announced that its fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft, fondly known as "The Queen of the Skies," is likely to have flown their last scheduled commercial service and is proposed to be retired with immediate effect due to the "devastating impact" of CO
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U'khand businesses have lost Rs 9,000 cr amid lockdown, says IIA President
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 23 (ANI): The ongoing nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak has had a devastating impact on Uttarakhand's small businesses, whose losses now amount to Rs 9,000 crores, said an Indian Industries Association (IIA) official on Thu
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Group of 16 young climate activists including India's Ridhima Pandey file
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 24 (ANI): Sixteen youth activists including India's Ridhima Pandey and Swedish Greta Thunberg on Monday filed an "official complaint" before the United Nations Committee demanding the organisation to order member states to take actions for protecting children from the "de
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NMCG resolves to reduce plastic pollution, help save waterbirds
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Eliminating single-use plastics can help save the lives of waterbirds, lakhs of whom fall prey to the devastating impact of plastic pollution and die, according to experts.
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Attacks on schools have devastated education in Pakistan: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], Mar. 27 (ANI): Attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups are having a devastating impact on education in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released a day before the Second International Conference on Safe Schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Climate change affects ecosystem adversely: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Nov. 11 (ANI): From genes to entire ecosystems, the global climate change has a devastating impact on every aspect of life on Earth, according to a new University of Florida study.
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