`Cuba’s water treatment system needs to be fixed’
July 21st, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Cuba's aging, inadequate water treatment system needs to be fixed, state television quoted an official as saying.National Hydraulic Resources Institute, or INRH president Ines Maria Chapman ... Read more...
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Government released over Rs.368 crores as disaster relief in November
November 30th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that during the month of November, the government had released an amount of Rs.368.01 crore from National Disaster Response ... Read more...
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Jharkhand seeks Rs.3,000 crore for drought relief
August 23rd, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has sought Rs.3,000-crore assistance from the centre to mitigate the effects of drought due to inadequate rains this year.
The government has also opened control rooms ... Read more...
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Miles to go before NREGA’s full potential achieved: PM
September 9th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Urging state governments not to "fail the poor", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the country had still to realise the "full potential" of the National ... Read more...
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UN allocates $214 mn for ‘hunger hotspots’
August 13th, 2008 - 4:48 am ICT by IANS
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Rome, Aug 13 (DPA) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday announced a $214-million roll-out directed at 14 global "hunger hotspots". The measure comes as nearly one billion poor people worldwide grapple ... Read more...
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Beavers can help mitigate the effects of drought
February 21st, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): A new study has suggested that beavers can help mitigate the effects of drought and therefore should not be pushed away from wetlands for industrial and residential development. ... Read more...
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