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Chinese ships sail near disputed Senkaku islands for record 112 days, Japa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 5 (ANI): Chinese ships have made a record number of 112 incursions into waters around the disputed Senkaku island in East China which is laos claimed by Japan.
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China's military flight over Malaysia waters 'aimed at showing dominance'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 5 (ANI): The recent flight by Chinese military planes over hotly contested waters in the South China Sea, off Malaysia's coast, is probably aimed at demonstrating Beijing's growing ability to assert territorial claims against its neighbours, an observer said.
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Pakistan's Punjab cabinet rejects Sindh's water stance
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Lahore [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab cabinet has expressed its concern over the irresponsible behaviour of the Sindh government for the sake of point-scoring on water issue.
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Javadekar urges agriculture sector to save water amid declining availabili
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Raising concerns over the declining water availability in the country, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday called on the Agriculture sector to conserve water as it is consuming nearly 85 per cent of the availab
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Live storage in India's reservoirs 87 pc of last year's: Central Water Com
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The current level of storage in India's 130 reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commissions (CWC) is 87 per cent of the live storage of the corresponding period last year.
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China says military flight over waters off Malaysia was 'routine training'
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Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): China has said that it has conveyed to Malaysia that a flight of 16 Chinese military planes over hotly contested waters in the South China Sea was a "routine training" and does not target any country.
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HDFC Bank commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2031-32
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): HDFC Bank today announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2031-32. As part of this initiative, the Bank is looking at reducing its emissions, energy, and water consumption.
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TCS targets net zero emissions by 2030
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday announced plans to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2025 (over 2016 base year) and achieve net zero emissions by 2030.
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MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship sinks off coast of Sri Lanka
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Fire stricken Singapore registered MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship, which caught fire near the Colombo harbor, had sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka during an attempt to tow the vessel to deeper waters.
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Pakistan's Cholistan region protest for release of water in canals
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Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Cholistan region (desert) on Tuesday protested for release of water in canals as they had been facing an acute water shortage for the last two months and were forced to drink brackish subsoil water.
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Water will be released from Polavaram project by Kharif season of 2022, sa
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West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh irrigation minister Anil Kumar on Wednesday said that water will be released from the Polavaram project by the Kharif season of 2022.
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Punjab approves Malerkotla as 23rd district; allows creation of SPV to ope
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 2 (ANI): Punjab government on Wednesday gave a nod for the formation of Malerkotla as the 23rd district of the State and approved Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for carrying out operations and maintenance of large multi-village surface water supply scheme.
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