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Water crisis in Pakistan impacts food security
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): The ongoing water crisis in Pakistan has badly impacted the agriculture sector and agri-driven export industry as the situation is leading to severe drought in several areas of the country.
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WFP says 7.4 million people food insecure in south Ethiopia amid severe dr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Severe drought has caused 7.4 million people to be food insecure in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
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Pakistan included in top 23 drought-stricken countries
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Pakistan is one of the top 23 countries suffering from a severe drought emergency, a statement issued by the Ministry of Climate Change said on Thursday.
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Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is designated as one of the three most water-stressed countries in the world as the intense water crisis in the country has led to se
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500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months to March, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
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UN says 2.6 mln affected by severe drought in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): About 2.6 million people, or nearly 22 per cent of the population, in 66 out of 74 districts across Somalia are affected by worsening drought, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Wednesday.
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Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions to mitigate further deterioration, joint statement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and
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Water crisis could lead to conflicts in the Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], 14 September (ANI): The Middle East is warming at twice the global average and this summer several countries like Kuwait, Oman, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia recorded temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius(122 Fahrenheit), as forests burn, and severe
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One killed in protest over water stress in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed on Friday night in the southwestern Iranian town of Shadegan during the protest over water stress amid a severe drought, official news agency IRNA reported.
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INS Jalashwa reaches Ehoala, Madagascar to deliver humanitarian aid to dea
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Antsiranana [Madagascar], March 22 (ANI): Indian Naval Ship (INS) Jalashwa on Monday reached the port of Ehoala, Madagascar to deliver a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 tablets of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to help Madagascar in dealing with severe drought in South Madag
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China limiting Mekong river's flow triggered drought in region, says US-ba
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 14 (ANI): A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.
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Aurangabad: Rain, hailstorm provides relief from stifling heat
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): Rain and hailstorm on Monday evening brought much-needed relief to Aurangabad, which like several parts of Maharashtra had been reeling under severe drought and acute water shortage this summer.
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