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India: India: Maharashtra Declaration Mocks Deaths, Confirms Pattern

Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: IndiaThe pattern on display in the Bombay High Court yesterday, 9 May 2016, was not that of the cycle of drought affecting millions. It was that of callous...

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India: Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city

Source: AlertNetCountry: IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Monday, 9 May 2016 06:07 GMTBy Shuriah NiaziTIKAMGARH, India, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in this drought-parched city in...

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India: India's top court slams authorities over "ostrich-like" attitude to...

Source: AlertNetCountry: Indiaby Suchitra Mohanty | Thomson Reuters Foundation Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:24 GMTNEW DELHI, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's top court on Wednesday slammed...

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India: Climate change leaves Kashmir’s economy high and dry

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: India, PakistanBy Umar ShahSRINAGAR, India, May 10 2016 (IPS) - Trudging barefoot on his two-acre piece of land, 57-year-old Mukhtar Ahmad has little hope of growing...

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India: India gears up for early onset Southwest Monsoon 2016

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaIndia is gearing up for the onset of Southwest Monsoon 2016. Mausam Bhawan will be coming out with its monsoon forecast on 15th may.There are indications that...

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India: Drought-hit Indian kids to get free meals over holidays

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: IndiaNew Delhi, India | AFP | Friday 5/13/2016 - 09:19 GMT India's top court Friday ordered state governments to provide free meals to schoolchildren even during...

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India: PM reviews drought and water scarcity situation at high level meeting...

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaThe Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Rajasthan. The Chief Minister...

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India: Mapping of Drought Response by Humanitarian Agencies in India (as of...

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World: The making of a riskier future: How our decisions are shaping future...

Source: GFDRRCountry: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSMost disaster risk assessment today is static, focusing only on understanding current risks. A paradigm shift is needed toward dynamic risk assessments, which...

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Pakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, May 16, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 20

Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: PakistanHIGHLIGHTS:Deforestation exposes Pakistan to natural threatsClimate change to affect over 1 billion people by 2060Climate change badly affecting agriculture in...

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Myanmar: Managing heat-related illnesses during heat waves

Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: MyanmarWith temperatures rising well above 40°C in many parts of Myanmar, chances of developing heat-related illnesses are on the rise, too. In the last 130...

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India: PM assures complete Central help to drought-hit Chhattisgarh

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi today discussed drought situation of Chattishgarh with Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh. He did the same with Andhra Pradesh Chief...

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India: Red alert over heatwave, worse still to come

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN | May 19, 2016, 05.55 AM ISTNormal life was thrown out of gear across northern India as a blistering heatwave swept through the region, breaking temperature...

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India: India sets new heat record as temperatures soar

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: IndiaNew Delhi, India | Friday 5/20/2016 - 13:17 GMTby Annie BANERJITemperatures have soared to a scorching 51 degrees Celsius in one Indian city, meteorologists...

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India: PM reviews drought and water scarcity situation at high level meeting...

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaThe Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Odisha. The Chief Minister of...

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Pakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, May 23, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 21

Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: Pakistan, Saudi ArabiaHighlights:Temperatures risingHeatwave subsides as rain lashes parts of PunjabSurvey to set up flood warning system startsGovernment hammers out...

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India: Relief from heat in North India

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaRelief from the heat wave, gripping Delhi as well as other states of North India as rains on Monday afternoon brought the mercury down.Delhi as well as several...

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India: WFP India Country Brief, April 2016

Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: IndiaHighlightsThe Government of India and WFP signed a Letter of Intent for a proposal to establish a Centre of Excellence (CENEX) on food and nutrition security....

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India: Cyclone Storm „Roanu‟: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh & Severe Heat Wave...

Source: Sphere IndiaCountry: IndiaCurrent SituationAs per morning Bulletin IMD The deep depression over west central & adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal further moved nearly northwards at a speed...

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India: Guidelines for Preparation of Action Plan – Prevention and Management...

Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaPREFACEIt is expected that extreme heat waves will become more common worldwide because of rising average global temperature. Since the beginning of the 21st...

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