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'Climate Whiplash' Hitting World's Cities Amid Rising Temperatures: Study
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
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US East Coast Cities Are Literally Sinking, Millions At Risk, Study Shows
The study's authors emphasize the significant threat posed by this hazard to major metropolitan cities like New York, Baltimore, and Norfolk, where increasing sea levels directly intersect with densely populated areas and valuable properties.
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Israeli Troops Surround Gaza City, Hamas Says Will "Send Them Back In Bags"
The Israeli military has claimed that its ground forces have completely surrounded the Hamas-controlled Gaza City in the densely populated besieged Palestinian enclave, furthering their assault against the group.
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No New Cases In Mumbai's Dharavi For First Time Since Covid Outbreak
Not a single COVID-19 case has been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, for the first time since the pandemic reached India earlier this year. Healthcare workers and researchers have been paying undivided attention to the situation in Dharavi as the hundreds of shanties stand wall-to-wall, and where people mostly use community toilet...
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500 Recovered Patients From Dharavi, Once A Covid Hotspot, To Give Plasma
Mumbai's Dharavi, once a COVID-19 hotspot, soon tackled coronavirus effectively and has it under control - for now. The sprawling slum has now taken the lead in plasma donation as well to fight the pandemic. A primary screening was organized in the densely populated slum for an upcoming plasma donation camp in the area where 25 per cent of recovere...
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Once A COVID-19 Hotspot, Mumbai's Dharavi Sees Only 2 Cases On Sunday
One of the most densely populated slums in the world, Mumbai's Dharavi, had quickly become a coronavirus hotspot. The first case was reported in April and since then there was a rapid increase in cases. But the sprawling slum, where social distancing is a luxury, seems to have tamed the deadly virus - at least for now.
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Over 23% People Of Delhi Exposed To Covid, Says Government's Sero-Survey
Delhi's sero-prevalence study has found that 23.48 per cent of the people have been affected by COVID-19 in the city, which has several pockets of dense population, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Goa Police Use Drones To Monitor Lockdown Violators
Goa Police used drones to keep an eye on lockdown violators in some densely populated and slum areas of the coastal state.
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Glass Shield, Gloves: How Delhi's COVID-19 Testing Van Protects Medics
Delhi has got its first van to test for COVID-19, a move that will enable health officials to collect samples at doorsteps even in densely populated areas. The van is running in central Delhi areas and started collecting samples from Chandni Mahal, the second-biggest COVID-19 hotspot in the national capital.
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DR Congo Plane Crash: 29 Dead After Plane Crashes At Densely Populated Area In Congo
At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Need Study On Aircraft Movement Over Densely Populated Mumbai: Shiv Sena
The crash of a twin-turboprop plane in Mumbai's busy Ghatkopar two days ago raises serious questions over aircraft maintenance by private firms and lack of open spaces in the city, the Shiv Sena said today
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Ghatkopar Plane Crash: Pilot's Presence Of Mind Saves Hundreds
The Ghatkopar plane crash, which killed five, yesterday would have ended up becoming a mammoth disaster, considering it crashed in a densely populated residential area, had it not been for the pilot's presence of mind.
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At Least 5 Killed As Freight Train Derails In Mexico City Suburb
A train derailed in a densely populated Mexico City suburb on Thursday morning, killing at least five people, authorities said.
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Healthy City Design Can Reduce Growth of Diseases
Healthy city design and planning in densely populated countries like India can reduce growing epidemics, injuries and non-communicable (NCD) diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, finds a new study.
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After Heavy Rains, Chennai's Inundated Homes Anger Residents
In south Chennai's low lying densely populated Velacherry area, senior citizen Nagambal's home on the Tansi Street resembles a small pond.
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'Climate Whiplash' Hitting World's Cities Amid Rising Temperatures: Study
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
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US East Coast Cities Are Literally Sinking, Millions At Risk, Study Shows
The study's authors emphasize the significant threat posed by this hazard to major metropolitan cities like New York, Baltimore, and Norfolk, where increasing sea levels directly intersect with densely populated areas and valuable properties.
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Israeli Troops Surround Gaza City, Hamas Says Will "Send Them Back In Bags"
The Israeli military has claimed that its ground forces have completely surrounded the Hamas-controlled Gaza City in the densely populated besieged Palestinian enclave, furthering their assault against the group.
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No New Cases In Mumbai's Dharavi For First Time Since Covid Outbreak
Not a single COVID-19 case has been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, for the first time since the pandemic reached India earlier this year. Healthcare workers and researchers have been paying undivided attention to the situation in Dharavi as the hundreds of shanties stand wall-to-wall, and where people mostly use community toilet...
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500 Recovered Patients From Dharavi, Once A Covid Hotspot, To Give Plasma
Mumbai's Dharavi, once a COVID-19 hotspot, soon tackled coronavirus effectively and has it under control - for now. The sprawling slum has now taken the lead in plasma donation as well to fight the pandemic. A primary screening was organized in the densely populated slum for an upcoming plasma donation camp in the area where 25 per cent of recovere...
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Once A COVID-19 Hotspot, Mumbai's Dharavi Sees Only 2 Cases On Sunday
One of the most densely populated slums in the world, Mumbai's Dharavi, had quickly become a coronavirus hotspot. The first case was reported in April and since then there was a rapid increase in cases. But the sprawling slum, where social distancing is a luxury, seems to have tamed the deadly virus - at least for now.
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Over 23% People Of Delhi Exposed To Covid, Says Government's Sero-Survey
Delhi's sero-prevalence study has found that 23.48 per cent of the people have been affected by COVID-19 in the city, which has several pockets of dense population, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Goa Police Use Drones To Monitor Lockdown Violators
Goa Police used drones to keep an eye on lockdown violators in some densely populated and slum areas of the coastal state.
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Glass Shield, Gloves: How Delhi's COVID-19 Testing Van Protects Medics
Delhi has got its first van to test for COVID-19, a move that will enable health officials to collect samples at doorsteps even in densely populated areas. The van is running in central Delhi areas and started collecting samples from Chandni Mahal, the second-biggest COVID-19 hotspot in the national capital.
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DR Congo Plane Crash: 29 Dead After Plane Crashes At Densely Populated Area In Congo
At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Need Study On Aircraft Movement Over Densely Populated Mumbai: Shiv Sena
The crash of a twin-turboprop plane in Mumbai's busy Ghatkopar two days ago raises serious questions over aircraft maintenance by private firms and lack of open spaces in the city, the Shiv Sena said today
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Ghatkopar Plane Crash: Pilot's Presence Of Mind Saves Hundreds
The Ghatkopar plane crash, which killed five, yesterday would have ended up becoming a mammoth disaster, considering it crashed in a densely populated residential area, had it not been for the pilot's presence of mind.
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At Least 5 Killed As Freight Train Derails In Mexico City Suburb
A train derailed in a densely populated Mexico City suburb on Thursday morning, killing at least five people, authorities said.
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Healthy City Design Can Reduce Growth of Diseases
Healthy city design and planning in densely populated countries like India can reduce growing epidemics, injuries and non-communicable (NCD) diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, finds a new study.
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After Heavy Rains, Chennai's Inundated Homes Anger Residents
In south Chennai's low lying densely populated Velacherry area, senior citizen Nagambal's home on the Tansi Street resembles a small pond.
