Pacific
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Did Covid-19 reverse decade's worth progress in life expectancy improvements? Here's what WHO said
News | May 28, 2024, 03:43 PM ISTDid COVID-19 reverse a decade's worth of progress in life expectancy improvements? In the latest release of the World Health Organization's 2024 world health statistics report, the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global health indicators is starkly evident.
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Tsunami warning for Vanuatu, other islands after 7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes far Pacific
World | May 19, 2023, 11:34 AM ISTThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves up to 1 meter (3 feet) above tides were possible for Vanuatu.
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IMF exudes confidence in India for economic revival; projects 'Asia-Pacific to grow 4.6 pc in 2023'
Business | May 02, 2023, 01:20 PM ISTInternational Monetary Fund: From 3.8 per cent in 2022, the growth in the dynamic Asia-pacific is projected to hike to 4.6 per cent in 2023.
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US Navy: Submarine USS Connecticut hits object in Pacific; no life-threatening injury
World | Oct 08, 2021, 09:38 AM ISTThe officials said it was not yet clear what object the sub had struck but that it was not another submarine.
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Delhi: New Pacific mall to open in Dwarka on November 15
India | Nov 14, 2019, 06:00 PM ISTThe company has completed the shopping mall and multi-level car parking project, which it bagged last year from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) through an auction process, with an investment of about Rs 100 crore.
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Pacific island region not sphere of influence of any country, says China
World | Nov 13, 2018, 07:53 PM ISTThe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Papua New Guinea is expected to be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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NASA's Orion lands with 'bullseye' splashdown
World | Dec 05, 2014, 11:41 PM ISTCape Canevaral, Florida: NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a “bullseye” splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that took it to a zenith height of 3,600 miles (5,800 kilometers) and ushered
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Asia Pacific region should not be scene of arms race: US
World | Sep 18, 2013, 07:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: The US today said Asia Pacific region should not be the scene of an arms race, days after India test-fired its over 5,000 km strike range Agni-5 missile, which can cover China and
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Japan: Radioactive water likely leaking to Pacific
World | Jul 11, 2013, 08:49 AM ISTTokyo, Jul 11: Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.Officials from
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Hurricane Emilia strengthens far out in Pacific
World | Jul 10, 2012, 10:41 AM ISTMiami, Jul 10: Emilia has strengthened to a Category Three hurricane in the Pacific far off the coast of Mexico but is still not posing a threat to land.The hurricane's maximum sustained winds late Monday
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Pentagon to shift warships to Pacific
World | Jun 02, 2012, 03:14 PM ISTSingapore, Jun 2: The Pentagon will shift more Navy warships to the Asia-Pacific region over the next several years, and by 2020, about 60 percent of the fleet will be assigned there as part of
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Honolulu, Other Parts Of Pacific Brace For Tsunami
World | Mar 11, 2011, 04:36 PM ISTHonolulu, March 11: Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific braced for a destructive tsunami early Friday after a massive earthquake struck in Japan.Tsunami sirens were sounded and coastal areas were being evacuated in Hawaii,