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Food or water? Coronavirus adds to dilemma of parched Rajasthani villagers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], May 23 (ANI): One of the most effective way to defeat COVID-19 virus, as suggested by health experts, is to maintain personal hygiene and washing hands frequently using soap. In a country like India, which was ranked 13 on Aqueduct's list of "extremely highly" wat
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Kerala: Shutters of Aruvikkara dam raised due to heavy rainfall in catchme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 22 (ANI): Low lying areas of Thiruvananthapuram were submerged in knee-deep waters after shutters of Aruvikkara Dam were opened on Friday following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas.
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UP govt to provide water, food to migrant workers at state borders
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday ordered state officials to make arrangements for drinking water and food at state borders for the migrant labourers.
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Telangana CM calls for proper utilisation of water, completion of canal pr
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 18 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed officials to fill up tanks under the irrigation projects on a priority basis during the monsoon.
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Without food for 3 days at Delhi-UP border, migrants share ordeal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The tall claims of government and the authorities concerned have fallen flat in Delhi-NCR. A group of around 25 migrant labourers have been without food, water and other basic amenities for the last three days. Nor they are being allowed to go to their respec
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People leave shoes, clothes on footpath in Bhopal for those in need
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): In a kind gesture, people in Bhopal have kept clothes, shoes and other items on a footpath near Bhopal-Gandhinagar Bypass road for the needy and migrant workers passing by.
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Illegal liquor bottles seized from watermelon-laden trucks in Andhra's Gun
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Police here have seized liquor bottles worth approximately Rs 5 lakhs from three watermelon-laden mini trucks.
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Telangana CM to chair meeting on May 17 over utilization of Godavari river
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 15 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on May 17 will hold a meeting with the state cabinet ministers to discuss the action plan for utilisation of Godavari river water during the present monsoon season.
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CPCB forbids usage of thermocol, plastic in its revised guidelines for ido
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in its revised guidelines has forbidden the usage of plastic, thermocol and plaster of Paris for making of idols.
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Punjab farmers advised cultivating PR 128, PR 129 varieties of non-Basmati
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab's Agriculture Department, on the recommendations of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has advised farmers to go for cultivation of PR-128 and PR-129 varieties of non-Basmati, which are less water-intensive, for better paddy straw manageme
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'Surviving on biscuits and water': Migrant workers walk back to homes in J
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): A group of migrant workers were seen walking in Patna, headed towards their homes in Jharkhand as the COVID-19 lockdown continues.
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Iran reports 2,000 new coronavirus cases
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The daily increase in the number of coronavirus infection cases in Iran has for the first time in weeks climbed back to near the watershed level of 2,000, the spokesman for the Iranian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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