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Uttarakhand: Weather department forecasts possiblity of lightning, thunder
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to the weather department's alert forecast, lightning, thunder, and gusty winds at 40 to 50 kilometres per hour (km/hr) were possible at some places in Uttarakhand.
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Amid scorching summers, water scarcity hits tribal areas in Maharashtra
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Reportedly, women are forced to find water for themselves and their families for multiple kilometres. One woman said that she is forced to walk for 7-8 kilometres in the scorching heat, without any paved roads or access to a vehicle.
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GCC Statistical Centre: 6.6% increase in wildlife reserves across GCC coun
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The latest statistics issued by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) indicate a 6.6% increase in the area of terrestrial reserves across GCC countries in 2023, reaching 390.5 thousand square kilometres, compared to 366.5 thousand sq
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Rishikesh-Karnprayag Rail Link set to transform Uttarakhand's connectivity
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Rishikesh-Karnprayag Rail Link Project is progressing steadily and promising to revolutionise connectivity in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Stretching over 125.20 kilometres, the project is a landmark in Indian railway engineering, featuring an impressive 83.07 per cent of the rout
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolts Tibet
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to NCS, the earthquake struck at a depth of 26 kilometres. The NCS said that the earthquake occurred at latitude 28.90 N and longitude 87.67 E.
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IDF says it dismantled "underground terrorist route" in Gaza
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) shared on Sunday that its troops had dismantled a 1.2 kilometres long "underground terrorist route" in northern Gaza.
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Two earthquakes strike Tajikistan in quick succession
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Tajikistan experienced two earthquakes on April 13, with the first measuring 6.1 and the second 3.9 on the Richter Scale, according to the National Centre for Seismology. Both quakes occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, making aftershocks likely.
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Landmines plague area equal to 3,00,000 football fields in Iraq
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminate an estimated 2,100 square kilometres of Iraqi land, a devastating area comparable to nearly 3,00,000 football fields.
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ISKCON's Travelling Sankirtan Party: Spreading Spiritual Knowledge Across
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 1: In an age of material distractions, a group of dedicated young monks is on a transformative mission--bringing the wisdom of Vedic scriptures to people across cities, towns, and villages. The Travelling Sankirtan Party (TSP), a dyn
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UN Security Council condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in Central Afr
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the recent attack on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the village of Tabani, located 24 kilometres west of Zemio in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture, which re
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Bangladesh Met Department says country at risk of tectonic activity after
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"Geographically we are at risk due to being surrounded by three lands with tectonic activities with the boundary of Bangladesh, it is about 100-150 kilometres. Even in north we have the Eurasian plate in Nepal, and we are standing in Indo-Australian plate, and on our eastern side in Myanm
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Earthquake of magnitude 7.2 jolts Myanmar
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The NCS said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres and was recorded at Latitude 21.93 N and Longitude 96.07 E.
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