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Over 1.51 million people affected in 27 counties due to drought in China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 7 (ANI): Over 27 counties and districts in Gansu, northwest China have been facing drought due to sustained hot weather and low precipitation since July.
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5.0 magnitude quake hits Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], September 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Yecheng County of Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:52 a.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], September 4 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Pishan County in northwest China's Xinjiang, on Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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Nigerian police rescue 5 abducted students in NW state
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said Thursday that they have rescued five of the 73 abducted students of a school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
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Gunmen kidnap 73 students in northwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Wednesday 73 students were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from their school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
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Smell regulates what we eat, and vice versa: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): Scientists at Northwestern University found that people became less sensitive to food odours based on the meal they had eaten just before. So, if you were snacking on baked goods from a coworker before your walk, for example, you may be less likely to stop i
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Uyghur businessman, who disappeared in 2017, confirmed to be held in Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): A Uyghur entrepreneur, who disappeared four years ago following his return from the US, has been confirmed detained by authorities in an internment camp in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, sources familiar with the case told Radio Free Asia.
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Study suggests touch sensitive neurons respond to available information
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): A recent Northwestern University study has found that touch-sensitive neurons communicate touch in a much messier and jumbled manner. Earlier it was believed that individual primary touch-sensitive neatly responded to specific types of touch.
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Study finds touch-sensitive neurons respond to most information available
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): A recent study by Northwestern University researchers finds that nearly all primary touch-sensitive neurons communicate touch in a much messier and jumbled manner.
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At least 20 people dead in fuel tanker blast in Lebanon
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 15 (ANI): At least 20 people have died and 7 got injured due to a fuel tanker blast in the northwestern Lebanese Akkar District, the Lebanese Red Cross said on Sunday.
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Ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang deported to Ukraine from Slovakia for illegall
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 15 (ANI): An ethnic Kazakh from China's northwestern province in Xinjiang has been deported from Slovakia to Ukraine after he tried to cross the border illegally following receiving threats from unknown persons.
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5.8-magnitude quake hits China's Qinghai province
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 13 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, northwest China at 12:21 p.m. Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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