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Indonesia replaces 'sinking' Jakarta with Nusantara as new capital
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19 (ANI): Indonesia on Tuesday replaced sinking capital Jakarta with Nusantara, as Jakarta is prone to flooding amid climate change.
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9 dead, 2 rescued in power station flooding in southwest China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chengdu [China], January 14 (ANI): Nine people have been confirmed dead after a building flooded at a power station in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Friday.
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1 dead, 8 still trapped in southwest China's flooded power station
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 12 (ANI): One person was confirmed dead and eight were still trapped after flooding occurred in the building of a power station in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday, local media reported.
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18 people dead in Brazil flooding, thousands displaced
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 27 (ANI): At least 18 people are dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil due to heavy flooding.
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Captagon pills (a.k.a.poor man's cocaine) are flooding oil-rich Arab state
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 27 (ANI): A counterfeit version of Captagon, which is highly addictive, has become the drug of choice among young people in the oil-rich countries of the Arab Gulf and mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. As it is much cheaper than cocaine, man
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Death toll from heavy flooding in Malaysia climbs to 41
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from heavy seasonal floods in Malaysia has risen to 41, with eight people still missing, the police said on Friday.
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Virudhanagar: Villagers carry body of person through flooded river
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Virudhanagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 3 (ANI): With heavy rains resulting in flooding in Kiruthumal River in Virudhanagar district, villagers had to carry a dead body through the river as there is no bridge across the river.
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Karnataka CM takes stock of flood-affected areas in Bengaluru, announces c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): After taking stock of flood-affected areas in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday announced immediate compensation to those people whose houses are either affected or destroyed due to incessant rains and flooding i
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Master plan would be drawn up to prevent flooding: K'taka CM after visitin
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said a master plan to widen the major Rajakaluves (main stormwater drains) and build diversion canals in Bengaluru to ensure smooth flow of waters would be drawn up to address the problem o
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Afghan heroin flooding global markets, motivating narco-terrorism: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 20 (ANI): After the Taliban assumed power in Kabul, a fresh threat has emerged and that is heroin from Afghanistan, which has started flooding global markets and motivating narco-terrorism, making a severe threat to peace, a report said.
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Rainfall causes flooding, road closures in Canada's British Columbia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Continuous rainfall has caused flooding in southern part of British Columbia province in Canada on Monday.
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South Sudan could miss COVID-19 vaccination target amid insecurity, floodi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): South Sudan might not attain the target of vaccinating at least 2.5 million by the end of 2021 amid prevailing insecurity and flooding in the rural areas, health officials said on Monday.
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