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International collaboration, 3D printing stem PPE shortages in Nigeria
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Sussex and their partners in Nigeria used open-source design and 3D printing to reduce personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages for a community in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent study said.
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Power crisis in Pakistan deepens as LNG becomes too expensive
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing a power crisis after it failed to agree on a deal for natural gas supply next month, according to media reports.
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Amid economic crisis Sri Lanka to increase fuel prices
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 26 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) gas on Sunday decided to increase the fuel prices with effect from 2 am.
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Sri Lanka to limit fuel for private vehicles amid looming crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka has decided to limit fuel for private vehicles as the fuel shortage continues to worsen in the Island nation.
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Australia to provide USD 50 million support to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 21 (ANI): Australia will provide USD 50 million in Official Development Assistance to support Sri Lanka meet urgent food and healthcare needs, the Australian foreign ministry announced on Monday.
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Lebanese wheat farmers struggle to sustain livelihoods in spiraling inflat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Crop harvesters are busy reaping the sprawling wheat fields in eastern and southern Lebanon, marking the start of this year's harvest season amid a food crisis in Lebanon compounded by global supply shortages.
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Australian energy ministers back renewables, storage to address gas crisis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's energy ministers have agreed to an 11-point plan to address the nation's gas crisis when the country's energy prices are spiking due to high winter demand and supply shortages.
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Guterres says high fertilizer prices will lead to shortages of all staple
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Shortages will spread from corn and wheat to all staple crops and will have a serious impact on billions of people unless the crisis around fertilizers is resolved, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
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Govt issues show cause notice to companies for delays in coal production
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Amid reports of coal shortages in power plants, the government said on Friday it has issued show cause notice to 16 companies for non-achievement of targeted coal production.
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Shanghai lockdown lifted, but trauma lives on
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 1 (ANI): Shanghai on Wednesday lifted its city-wide lockdown, however, the trauma of the lockdown of the past two months lives on.
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Japan provides USD 1.5 million for medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 21 (ANI): Grappling with severe medicine shortages, the Japanese government came forward to help Sri Lanka by providing USD 1.5 million for essential medicines through UNICEF to meet the urgent needs of the population.
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Sri Lankan govt medical officers warn of trade union action over pay cuts,
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Health services may be disrupted after fuel and gas shortages in Sri Lanka, said the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of the country if the salaries of health workers are cut during this severe crisis.
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