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India floods leave 1.5 million homeless: officials

AFP South Asian Edition 50 days ago

Devastating floods that killed more than 230 people in southern India have left close to 1.5 million others homeless, officials said Monday. The floods, triggered by days of torrential rain, have inundated swathes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states, causing mass ...

Many climate change costs seen avoidable

Reuters Environmental Online Report 71 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change could cost some countries up to 19 percent of their gross domestic product by 2030, a panel including major insurance, banking and consulting companies as well as the European Commission said on Monday. Developing nations will be ...

Indian swine flu death toll hits 100: govt

AFP South Asian Edition 84 days ago

A total of 100 people have died from swine flu in India since the first fatality was recorded one month ago, the government said. The health ministry announced in a statement late on Monday that the most recent victims were four people ...

Design chosen for Mumbai's 'Statue of Liberty'

AFP Global Edition 90 days ago

A Bangkok-based company has been chosen to design a new monument off the coast of the Indian city of Mumbai that has drawn comparisons to New York's Statue of Liberty, reports here said Wednesday. Bensley Design Studios will work with Mumbai firm ...

Swine flu death toll in India climbs to four: govt

AFP South Asian Edition 107 days ago

Two more people have died from swine flu in India taking the death toll to four, an official said Sunday, as the government reviewed measures to control the virus. The latest deaths were reported overnight from the western states of Maharashtra and ...

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