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Shraddha Nair 12:17 AM | November 03,2009
Jain Irrigation Systems, the pioneer of drip irrigation in India ,is seeking to ride the next wave of growth in India, the theme of the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit, to be held in New Delhi on 8-10 November
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Sudhirendar Sharma 10:34 PM | October 12,2009
The big rise in global temperature probably won’t take place until the second half of this century, but the tragedy is that, thanks to our dams and reservoirs, there will still be plenty of non-climate-change-induced damage
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C.R. Sukumar 11:44 PM | October 09,2009
Further, saying that it was too early to assess the impact of floods and drought on the GDP growth, the Prime Minister said the government expects the country to report a GDP growth rate of 6.3% to 6.5% during the current fiscal
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Reuters 05:40 PM | October 06,2009
Relating the humanitarian impact of climate change, aid group World Vision said floods in India and a typhoon in the Philippines had hit the poor, who stand to suffer most from such disasters
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Reuters 05:23 PM | October 06,2009
The flooding has killed some 250 people, mostly in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. At least five million people are crammed in temporary government shelters
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C.R. Sukumar 11:46 PM | October 05,2009
The state chief minister urged the Centre to consider the calamity in Andhra Pradesh as national calamity of rare severity
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Reuters 11:13 AM | July 20,2009
The heavy downpour triggered by a low pressure trough over the Bay of Bengal has breached roads and disrupted public transport
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AFP 10:49 PM | July 08,2009
Heavy rainfall overnight Thursday left many lower lying areas under water
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Pallavi Singh 08:15 PM | April 14,2009
Mint reporters fan out across the country for a bottom-up socio-economic review, using Indian Post’s six-digit PIN code as a metaphor
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Utpal Bhaskar 09:26 PM | December 17,2008
The Kosi, which runs through the two neighbouring countries, began to breach its embankments in early August, resulting in massive floods that displaced 2.5 million people in India and Nepal
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08:04 AM | September 22,2008
The flood in Orissa is yet another story of man-made disasters, coming just after the Bihar one, on account of gross apathy by government agencies
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Utpal Bhaskar 07:56 AM | September 22,2008
These towers, constructed by Nepal, will have to be rebuilt for transmission from India to resume
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Krishnamurthy Ramasubbu 07:52 AM | September 22,2008
N.K. Singh, deputy chairman of Bihar’s planning commission, says the state has demanded around Rs9,000 crore from the Centre for reconstruction efforts
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PTI 04:38 PM | September 18,2008
The loan is for upgrading and expansion of the state’s highway network, aimed at supporting economic expansion and alleviate poverty
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PTI 01:22 PM | September 07,2008
The company will soon offer catastrophe products for situations like Bihar floods
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