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WG panel recommendations neglected: Ecologist on Kerala floods
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has revealed that the Western Ghats (WG) Ecology Expert Panel's recommendations in 2011regarding the Kerala floods were never implemented as a result, forcing the state to undergo a deadly situation. He warned that Goa might a
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Indian Navy steps up rescue, relief efforts in flood-hit Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): As the massive floods continue to wreak havoc in the state of Kerala, the Western Naval Command on Sunday sailed Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mysore with relief material to provide assistance to the flood-hit state.
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Innocent lives lost in Kabul suicide bombing
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Afghanistan on Wednesday witnessed another suicide bombing killing 47 students and injuring 67 others, who were preparing for university entrance examination at an educational centre in Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul.
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Ex-Indian captain Ajit Wadekar passes away
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Former Indian Test skipper Ajit Wadekar, who led the national team to their first-ever series victories in England and the West Indies, breathed his last at the age of 77 after a prolonged illness at the Jaslok Hospital here on Wednesday.
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25 killed, 35 injured in suicide attack in Kabul
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): At least 25 were killed and 35 injured after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an educational centre in Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday
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Social development hasn't helped gender equality
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Since starting of women's movement in the West during the 1960s, support for gender equality has spread in uneven ways. There are three different transitions in gender attitudes linked with natural characteristics, a new study reveals.
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Somnath Chatterjee to get highest state honour in WB Assembly
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will be given the highest state honour in the West Bengal Assembly.
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Shooting reported at Westchester hospital in NY
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [USA], Aug 08 (ANI): A shooting incident was reported on Wednesday at the Westchester Medical Center in New York district's Westchester County.
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Resolution to remove Trump's Walk of Fame star passed
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): The West Hollywood City Council has passed a resolution asking the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to remove Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. West Hollywood Mayor John Duran tweeted about the move on Monday night (local time).
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Resolution to remove Trump's Walk of Fame star passed
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): The West Hollywood City Council has passed a resolution asking the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to remove Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. West Hollywood Mayor John Duran tweeted about the move on Monday night (local time).
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ICC rebukes Ashley Nurse for inappropriate behaviour
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dubai [United Arab Emirates], August 7 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reprimanded the West Indies off-spinner Ashley Nurse and handed him one demerit point for using inappropriate language during his side's final T20 match against Bangladesh on August 5.
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Congress condemns Mamata Banerjee's `civil war` remark
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee for criticising Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft, Congress Assam Chief Ripun Bora on Wednesday said that the West Bengal Chief Minister should not provoke for a civil war.
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