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Bihar: Police, locals use boats to overcome flood woes
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 19 (ANI): The local administration has deployed boats to help flood-affected victims and police personnel after the overflowing Burhi Gandak river inundated urban areas of the district.
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Telangana's urban dwellers consume 20 times more 'virtual water', claims s
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad researchers have claimed that indirect water consumption in urban areas of the state is 20 times higher than direct consumption.
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I cannot be taken for granted, says Sidhu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 6 (ANI): Skipping a Cabinet meeting, Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been under fire from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for the Congress's poor performance in urban areas, on Thursday said his department has been singled out and that he cannot b
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Trauma in childhood may lead to adolescent depression, suggests study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): Children in poor urban areas who suffered physical and emotional neglect, violence, and sexual abuse are likely to be associated with both adolescent depression and violent behaviour, highlights a new study.
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Rural residents more vulnerable to extreme temperatures
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 12 (ANI): Extreme temperature leads to greater mortality risk to people living in rural communities than in urban areas, a recent study suggests.
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Telangana Government reduces deposit amount for tap connections
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao-led Telangana Government on Thursday significantly reduced the deposit amount for obtaining tap connections in urban areas.
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Voice of Karachi unveils plan for creating 'Greater Karachi' region
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group for the rights of Urdu-speaking people of Karachi, has demanded the Pakistan government to declare Karachi and other urban areas of Sindh province as an autonomous region within Pakistan.
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Statcon Energiaa - leading India in rooftop solar inverters
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (NewsVoir): Statcon Energiaa has played a major role to become the no. 1 Indian manufacturer company in the solar inverter manufacturing sector by supplying 2.9% (34 MW) rooftop solar inverters in India's rural and urban areas, according to Bridge to India report w
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Urban moms avoid breastfeeding to maintain figure: MP Governor
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel said women in urban areas do not like to breastfeed their children as they fear it will spoil their figure.
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Threats received are an attempt to misguide people: Fadnavis
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 08 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that the letters of threat that were issued by Maoists were an attempt to misguide the people in urban areas.
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Sri Lankan PM vows to protect religious sites
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said the government was committed to ensuring safety and security of places of worship in both rural and urban areas of the country.
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Undiagnosed hypertension one of leading risk factors for deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes have overtaken communicable diseases as the leading causes of mortality in urban areas, as per a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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