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Delhi: Cold wave chills Capital on Tuesday morning, Ridge area logs minimu
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
There were no signs of the prevailing cold wave slackening its hold on the national capital and vast swathes of North India, as Delhi's Safdarjung observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 8.3°C. The Palam observatory recorded the mercury at 8.2°C while Ayanagar logg
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Delhi: Dense fog envelopes city, reducing visibility
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As vast swathes of North India continued to reel under the effects of the falling mercury, a thick layer of fog enveloped the national capital on Saturday, affecting visibility.
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China's military seeks to break its West Pacific noose
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China has already gained de facto control over huge swathes of the South China Sea, it daily sends aircraft and warships close to Taiwan, and it contests passages of foreign warships through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Yet the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is still dissatisfied,
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North India headed for severe cold spell this week, mercury to hover betwe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Already in the grip of a severe cold spell, there's more bad news in the offing for North India as vast swathes of the region are likely to experience a drop in temperatures to a minimum of -4 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius in the plains, according to a weather expert.
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Feeling blue about going to work in scorching heat? Cheer up with these so
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): With a severe heatwave gripping large swathes of the country, changes in mood and behaviour have become increasingly common. And it's absolutely not unusual to "feel blue" about heading to your workplace in the scorching heat.
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Chinese espionage circles the globe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 21 (ANI): China collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individuals and businesses, but a great deal of it is sanctioned by the Chinese government.
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UN says 3.6 mln people affected by floods, landslides in East Africa since
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 3.6 million people were impacted by floods and landslides across large swathes of East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday.
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China fails to tackle decade-long flooding problem, billions of dollars at
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 5 (ANI): China has built many reservoirs, levees, dikes and dams on its seven major river systems over the last several years but is still struggling with a surge in crippling floods, which has destroyed huge swathes of agricultural and industrial land and millions
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Remembering KPS Gill, a man behind India's successful counter-insurgency s
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): In the late 1980s, India appeared to be at the cusp of disintegration, with a multiplicity of insurgencies raging - at a peak in Punjab, in multiple states of the Northeast, a raging Maoist movement across wide swathes of territory from Andhra Pradesh in the
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British PM under pressure to block deal with Huawei
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Mar 29 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a renewed pressure from his Cabinet Ministers to block the deal with the Chinese technology giant Huawei to build vast swathes of Britain's 5G network since Beijing falsely blamed the United States army delegation for
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Hong Kong: 5,000 personnel deployed as anti-extradition bill protests inte
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Swathes of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, continuing demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the city to be sent to mainland China for trial.
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Iran greatest threat to world: Netanyahu
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], Feb 18 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday branded Iran as the "greatest threat to world" at the Munich Security Conference (MSC).
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