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5.2-magnitude quake hits waters off Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the seas near eastern Taiwan's Hualien County at 6:52 am Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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China's hydroelectric dams on River Mekong leaving region dry, livelihoods
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the River Mekong is causing problems downriver, leaving the region dry having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia.
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Pakistan's per capita water availability reduces by 400 pc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan's per capita water availability has declined by 400 per cent from 5,600 cubic metres in 1947 to around 1,038 cubic metres in 2021, said Parliamentary Secretary National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday.
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HC asks Delhi govt, Jal Board to treat as representation PIL seeking mecha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the concerned authorities to treat a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as representation, seeking direction to Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Government to constitute a committee of experts to stop contamination and mixing of
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Monsoon showers cause waterlogging, traffic snarls in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The long-awaited monsoon showers in Delhi brought with it inevitable annual traffic snarls and waterlogging in several parts of the city and many commuters struggled to drive past roads with ill-equipped drainage systems.
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'Kejriwal has done PhD in lying': Anil Vij targets AAP over water sharing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has yet again lashed out at the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that "the AAP chief has done PhD in lying".
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Bodies of 3 youth recovered from Andhra's Guntur lake, 1 person still miss
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Bodies of three out of four youths who had drowned in a water body near Boyapalem village in Prathipadu Mandal of Guntur district, a day before, were recovered on Monday, according to police.
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Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates 2 PSA Oxygen Plants at Sir Takhtasinhji hosp
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday virtually inaugurated two PSA plants at Sir Takhtasinhji hospital, Bhavnagar in the presence of Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterway
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Flood water enters Ahiyapur police station in Bihar's Muzaffarpur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 12 (ANI): Following incessant rains in Bihar, the water level in the Burhi Gandak River has gone up and surrounding areas are flooded with the Ahiyapur police station being partially submerged.
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Lack of clean drinking water in Balochistan results in steep rise in hepat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Balochistan[Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Due to the lack of clean drinking water in Balochistan, the number of hepatitis cases has increased sharply in the region.
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Sarbananda Sonowal reviews status of ongoing projects of Ports, Shipping a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The newly-inducted Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday reviewed the status of the ongoing projects of the ministry.
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6 of a family electrocuted in MP's Chhatarpur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Six members of a family were allegedly electrocuted to death in the Bijawar area of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district on Sunday while cleaning a water tank.
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