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Hot winds hit North India, many killed

June 11th, 2007 Contributor No comments

Hot and dusty desert winds have caused a heatwave across the plains of northern India, killing 74 people over the last week.
Most of the dead were beggars, homeless and people working in the open hit by sunstrokes and dehydration.
Temperatures peaked on Saturday, reaching 48.9 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) in Ganganagar in Rajasthan, According to [...]

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Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar, Srinagar’s Dal Lake are endangered sites

June 10th, 2007 Contributor No comments

Heritage sites in Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir are among the five Indian sites included in the list of 100 most endangered sites of the world.
A New York-based non-profit group has come up with a World Monuments Fund’s list for 2008 listing out endangered heritage sites across the world, threatened by neglect, vandalism, armed [...]

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