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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik declares drought assistance package
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced an assistance package for people affected by this year's drought.
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Odisha govt declares drought in 19 districts
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Odisha government on Thursday declared droughts of moderate and severe nature in 19 districts of the state.
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Maharashtra govt declares 151 talukas drought-hit
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [Mumbai], Oct 31 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared 151 talukas (administrative divisions) in 26 different districts drought-hit. Out of 151, 112 talukas have been declared severely drought-hit while the remaining 39 talukas are affected by medium d
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Karnataka seeks Rs 2,434 cr for drought relief from Centre
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): The Karnataka government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Centre seeking financial assistance amounting to Rs 2,434 crore under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for drought relief measures.
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Maharashtra: Fadnavis declares drought in 180 divisions
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Maharashtra [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday declared 180 divisions (tehsil) as drought hit and announced a slew of measures to provide relief from the situation.
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Declare Marathwada region drought-hit, demands Aurangabad farmers
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Farmers in Aurangabad's Marathwada region have demanded that Maharashtra government should declare the region drought-hit.
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Bihar: 206 blocks of 23 districts declared drought hit
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar)[India], Oct 15 (ANI): The Bihar government on Monday declared 206 blocks of 23 districts from the state as drought-hit.
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200 talukas facing drought-like conditions: Maharashtra CM
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (ANI): A total of 200 talukas in the state of Maharashtra have been identified as scarcity-like conditions, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday.
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Steps being taken to alleviate drought situation: CM Naidu
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Sep 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday assured that the state government would protect the interest of farmers at any cost in the drought-affected regions, saying that the state government initiated several measures to supp
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Farmers suffer as Bihar faces drought-like situation
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 25 (ANI): As several districts of Bihar are reeling under a drought-like situation due to the shortage of rainfall, it alleviated the farmers' suffering.
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Kumaraswamy seeks more disaster funds for K'taka
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh appealing for higher allocation of funds for drought relief in the state.
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Older Amazonian forests help regulate global climate
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 29 (ANI): Turns out, tall and older Amazonian forests help in regulating global climate system.
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