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At Least 97 Bodies Pulled From Landslide Near Jade Mine In Myanmar

The landslide happened when a mountain of mining debris gave way in the early hours of?Saturday?in Hpakant, an area that produces some of the world's highest-quality jade. ...

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Gender

Ireland Passes Law Allowing Trans People To Choose Their Legal Gender

Transgender people in Ireland have won legal recognition of their status after a law was passed allowing them to change their legal gender with no medical or state interven...

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Sustainable Development

Countries Pitch In For Early Warning Systems And Accurate Weather Projections

Taking into account the rising frequency of extreme weather events across the world and subsequent damages, the Subsidiary Body of Scientific and Technological Advice (SBST...

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Environment

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

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Environment

Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya

Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills Assam?s capital, Guwahati city, which received heavy rains o...

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Festivals

Jagran Film Festival retrospectively commemorates Bimal Roy cinema

~Sujata, Do Bigha Zameen, Madhumati, Devdas and Bandini will be screened at 5th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai~<...

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Environment

Jammu and Kashmir floods: Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor support and pray for the victims!

These B-town celebs took to Twitter and showed their support for the J&K flood affected victims Just a few days back, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was hit by a mammot...

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Bollywood

Jammu and Kashmir floods: Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor support and pray for the victims!

These B-town celebs took to Twitter and showed their support for the J&K flood affected victims Just a few days back, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was hit by a mammot...

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Bollywood

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor raises fund for Jammu and Kashmir flood victims

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor has partnered with an NGO to help raise funds for the victims of floods in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the worst floods to hit the northern stat...

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Environment

Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury

State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place The devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir that has so far claimed 150 lives and displaced hun...

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