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Home Secretary calls on states for better preparedness ahead of monsoon
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday called on the states and Union Territories to step up their preparedness by advance planning and deployment of human, physical and financial resources ahead of the monsoon season, an official release said.
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'Below normal' rainfall in India this monsoonyear: Weather forecastor blam
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 4 (ANI): India will face a "below normal" rainfall this June-September monsoon season on account of moderate El Nino conditions unless the Indian Ocean Dipole also known as Indian Nino, is able to negate the former weather pattern, said private weather forecaster Skym
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Nepal, India to set up Energy Banking to utilise surplus electricity
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 25 (ANI): Nepal and India have agreed to set up an 'Energy Banking' mechanism that would help the Himalayan country export its surplus electricity to neighbour India during the monsoon season and import power during its lean season in winter.
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With no bridge, students dangerously cross river to reach school in Rajour
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 12 (ANI): Hundreds of students in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir are forced to cross the Ladhote river to reach schools in absence of a bridge. The task, at times, turns out to be an ordeal as students cannot cross the river and skip their classes
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Be safe from UTI this monsoon
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Monsoon season surely brings relief from the scorching heat, but this is also the time when many health issues crop up. During the rainy season, the bacteria present in and around our body multiply tremendously.
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Gujarat floods: NDRF pressed into action
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], July 16 (ANI): The heavy rainfall in monsoon season is creating flood -like situations, resulting in untoward incidents like boat capsize and drowning at some places.
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Pothole-riddled roads leave commuters in dismay
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Kolkata (West Bengal) Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], July 15 (ANI): Majority of the roads constructed across India have developed potholes due to torrential downpour, leaving commuters in dismay.
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UP farmer's daughters plough field to please rain God
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 02 (ANI): Faced with the prospect of going yet another monsoon season without proper rainfall, two daughters of a farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district have joined their father in ploughing the field to appease the rain God, Lord Indra.
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Parents, these apps can keep kids busy this monsoon
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): While the monsoon season makes individuals crave for a hot beverage and a book, kids often tend to get fussy for not being allowed to go out and play.
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No-swim zones: Red flags go up in Goa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 23 (ANI): After several incidents of drowning took place while clicking selfies along Goa's coastline, red flags have gone up at various beaches, marking them as 'no-swim' zones.
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Nadda reviews preparedness to prevent vector-borne diseases in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): With the monsoon season less than two months away, Union Minister for Health and Welfare J.P. Nadda chaired a meeting to review the preparedness of concerned agencies to prevent and manage vector-borne diseases in Delhi.
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Rohingya refugees, host communities being vaccinated against cholera
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 7 (ANI): A massive cholera vaccination campaign began on Monday to protect nearly one million Rohingyas and their host communities living in and around the refugee camps in Bangladesh, to prevent any potential outbreak during the ongoing monsoon season.
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