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Three drown in water tank in Andhra's Kadapa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): A minor boy and two youth accidentally fell in the water tank and died on Tuesday here in the Kadapa district.
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J-K: Villagers of Rayor have no choice but to drink filthy pond water
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 2 (ANI): The people of Rayor, a remote village in Samba district, are drinking filthy pond water as they have no better option.
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Pakistan People's Party to hold protests against Imran Khan's govt over wa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh chapter on Monday announced holding protests against Imran Khan's government at the district-level in the Sindh province from June 3 to June 15 against acute water shortage.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs higher than previously expected:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 1 (ANI): Global Biogeochemical Cycles shows per-area greenhouse gas emissions from the world's water reservoirs are around 29 per cent higher than suggested by previous studies, revealed a team of researchers. The new study advocates that practical measures could be tak
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China braces for flooding season as water in rivers exceed warning levels:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): China is bracing for a flooding season as water levels in many rivers have exceeded warning levels following a series of heavy rainfall.
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Pakistan: Sindh govt accuses Imran Khan's PTI of stealing province's water
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the water crisis in Pakistan's Sindh province, the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro called a meeting of the provincial executive committee to decide on a plan of action against the injustice being meted out by the Indus
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Pakistan's Rawalpindi faces acute water shortage amid rising temperatures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): As temperatures continue to soar, Pakistan's Rawalpindi is facing a dwindling water supply, for which low levels of underground water and lack of supply from dams are being largely blamed.
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Pakistan: Sindh province facing worst water shortage in 60 years, says off
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The chief engineer of Guddu Barrage in Pakistan's Sindh province has advised growers not to go for paddy sowing in May and June as the barrage as well as the province are experiencing 'worst water shortage in 60 years'.
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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates floating jetty at Old Goa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 30 (ANI): On the occasion of Goa's statehood day, the Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Mandaviya, in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, virtually inaugurated the second floating jetty at Old Goa on Sunday.
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Indonesia to ramp up submarine fleet in response to Chinese incursions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 30 (ANI): In response to repeated Chinese incursions into its waters, Indonesia aims to expand its submarine fleet by as much as triple its current line up to 12 vessels, according to multiple defence sources.
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Cyclone Yaas: Waterlogged Sadar Hospital in Bihar's Katihar struggles to f
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Katihar (Bihar) [India], May 29 (ANI): Following heavy rain in most parts of Bihar in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, the Sadar Hospital in Katihar witnessed waterlogging, and all the wards, including OPD, were submerged.
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Bacterium causing rabbit fever remains virulent for months in cold water,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): A study led by researchers at the Northern Arizona University has solved a long-term mystery, providing a plausible explanation for how Francisella tularensis (rabbit fever) can overwinter in the environment outside of a host.
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