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World cannot afford a nuclear catastrophe: UN Secretary amid concerns over
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed concerns over the situation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in conflict-ravaged Ukraine and said that any damage to nuclear infrastructure could have terrible consequences for people in
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Pakistan: Flour crisis continues in Balochistan amid inflation
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing inflation in the country, Balochistan province is facing a flour crisis for over past three weeks, with mill owners blaming the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year, local media reported on Sunday.
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China's drought threatens raise in carbon taxes
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): The drought in southwestern China has also had ripple effects for global businesses as companies could also face new costs from carbon taxes when shipping goods across borders, as well as higher transport costs for moving products by sea or air, according
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Curbs on rice export aggravate food crisis in China
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): With India banning the export of broken rice with immediate effect, the supply chain for the food grain in China seems to be exacerbated as Beijing is considered to be the top buyer of it.
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Pakistan floods: Protest breaks out against administration after 6-year-ol
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Around 200 flood-affected families protested in Sukkur city of Sindh province after a six-year-old girl reportedly died of starvation and illness at a makeshift shelter near a filling station on the National Highway in the Patni area on Friday.
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Hunger, diseases rife in Pakistan as flood-victims forced to live under sk
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): Record monsoon and heavy floods in Pakistan has given rise to hunger and various illnesses which have affected 660,120 people since July and the experts believe that the situation would aggravate in the coming days as the flood affectees are forced to
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Flood-hit Pakistan gets 50 trucks of vegetables from Iran, Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Amid soaring prices of vegetables and food products in the country facing devastating floods, 50 trucks carrying vegetables from Iran and Afghanistan arrived in Pakistan through the Taftan and Chaman borders.
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Japan provides food assistance worth USD 1.5 million to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka, on Monday, received the first tranche of food assistance valued at USD 1.5 million from the government of Japan, which was provided through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
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China pushes Sri Lanka to continue with organic fertilizer project despite
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 29 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan government rejected an order of organic fertilizer from a Chinese company on the issue of the presence of harmful bacteria, Beijing is pressuring Colombo to continue with its organic fertilizer project.
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Sri Lanka among 10 countries with highest food price inflation: World Bank
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka is ranked fifth among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank assessment.
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Sri Lanka's pulses production on track for recovery: Global Pulse Confeder
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): With fuel shortages raging across the country and prices skyrocketing as the currency rapidly depreciates and foreign reserves deplete, Sri Lankan citizens are facing, among other issues, difficulty accessing food.
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UN humanitarian agency appeals for urgent funds to avert food crisis in Ho
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency on Monday appealed for urgent funding to help avert a humanitarian disaster that is looming in the Horn of Africa amid a severe drought.
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