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Lok Sabha passes bill to amend Essential Commodities Act
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that allows the central government to regulate the supply of some food items only under extraordinary circumstances which may include war, famine, extraordinary price rise and natural calamity of grave nature.
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India contributes USD 1 mn for WFP's humanitarian activities in N Korea
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 5 (ANI): As North Korea faces chronic food shortage, India has contributed USD 1 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian activities in Pyongyang, the UN agency's monthly report said on Tuesday.
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UK must apologise for Jallianwala massacre, return Kohinoor diamond to Lah
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [United Kingdom], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain on Thursday said that the UK must apologise to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Bengal famine.
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Rajasthan govt declares 5555 villages as 'drought-affected'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): The Rajasthan Government on Wednesday announced that 5555 villages of nine districts are deficient after being hit by famine.
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Climate change- To mitigate or to adapt?
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.1 (ANI): 2017 was the hottest non-El Nino year in the history of earth! It was a year of natural disasters. The impact of climate change is becoming more visible than ever with wildfires, hurricanes, tropical storms, famines, and avalanches rocking different parts o
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Will provide relief to farmers suffering from famine situation: Raman Sing
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government is taking three initiatives to give relief to the farmers of the state who are suffering from the famine situation.
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U.S. imposes sanctions on South Sudan officials
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 7 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions on three close associates of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit, saying they had personally profited themselves amid civil war and famine conditions.
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Somalia: Famine claims at least 110 lives in 48 hours
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], Mar. 5 (ANI): More than 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from hunger and diarrhea resulting from famine.
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