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Flood forces locals of this Assam village to evacuate
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chirang (Assam) [India] July 16 (ANI): Residents of Dababil village of Chirang district here are facing immense distress and have been forced to evacuate from their hometown due to the possibility of floods following rising water levels in the Northeastern state.
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Patnaik asks Centre to revise coal royalty rates to 20 per cent
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Sunday requested the Center to expedite the revise of coal royalty's rate from 14 percent to 20 percent as the state "continues to bear the brunt of the adverse effect of mining on t
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Wildfire displaces thousands in California
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chico (California) (USA), Nov 9 (ANI): A fast-moving wildfire in Chico, North California, burned a hospital, hundreds of homes and led to the displacement of thousands on Thursday.
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Domestic workers, Gender Equality, and Women Empowerment
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Domestic work has been one of the oldest jobs in the world. Due to various reasons like drought, lack of agriculture, lack of employment option, land acquisition in the name of development, displacement, harassment of Dalit class, lack of bas
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Tillerson warns of Hezbollah threat to Lebanon
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Feb 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday held talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut and warned that the Iran-backed Hezbollah's growing arsenal and its role in regional conflicts threatened Lebanon's security.
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UN calls on Myanmar to end excessive military force in Rakhine state
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], November 7 (ANI): Strongly condemning the widespread violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has led to the displacement of over 600,000 members of the country's minority Muslim Rohingya community, the United Nations Security Council has called on the Myanmar Government
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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Thousands of Afghan children dying of hunger amid 'unprecedented'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 10 (ANI): Despite attempts to increase food aid in Afghanistan, children are bearing the brunt of the country's nutritional crisis, the United Nations humanitarian arm has reported this, warning that the ongoing fighting in the country has also led to reco
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