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Osmanabad (India)

Type: City

Name: Osmanabad (India)

Country: India

Latitude: 18.17

Longitude: 76.029999

population: 85,528

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Circulation of Two Mumps Virus Genotypes in an Unimmunized Population in India

Two separate outbreaks of fever with parotitis were reported from the Apsinga and Pimpla villages in the Osmanabad district of the Maharashtra State, India during February and March 2012. Meningo‐encephalitis was noted in two patients resulting in the ... [Published Bionity.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Genotype, Parotitis, Mumps virus, India, Antibody

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Help pours in for Maharashtra drought victims

Mumbai: As Maharashtra grapples with severe drought, citizens across the state are donating generously to the Chief Minister's relief fund. Rs. 116 crore has been collected so far from citizens and organisations.Leading the list of donors are the Sai ... [Published NDTV - May 07 2013]

Entities: Drought, Donations, Osmanabad (India), Jalna (India), Shirdi (India)

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

India: Water tanks donated by Salman Khan to leave Nagpur today

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: India TNN |May 7, 2013, 01.43 AM IST NAGPUR: Actor Salman Khan has donated money to purchase 2,500 water tanks with storage capacity of 2000 litres each to the drought hit districts of Maharashtra. The first batch of 400 ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 07 2013]

Entities: Nagpur, Salman Khan, Osmanabad (India), Jalna (India)

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

India: CM gets Rs 2,700cr from Centre to fight drought

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: India Prafulla Marpakwar, TNN |Apr 17, 2013, 03.56 AM IST MUMBAI: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has unexpectedly secured a whopping financial assistance of Rs2,700 crore from the Centre, as a result of which senior bureaucrats ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Drought, Prithviraj Chavan, India

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sugarcane guzzles but cash dazzles

Think one day at a time. That?s Takviki village?s strategy to combat drought ?mentally. ?We don?t want to think about what tomorrow has in store,? says young farmer Santosh Yadav as other villagers giggle nervously. ?It will leave us with depression.? ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Sugarcane, Osmanabad (India), Drought

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Three IGNOU students receive gold medals

PUNE: Out of the 1,715 students who passed the examination of IGNOU, 180 opted to attend the convocation. However, only 60 turned out to receive their degree and diploma certificates. Interestingly, none of those who passed, had attend lectures in the ... [Published Sakaal Times - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Pune, Parbhani (India), Osmanabad (India)

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

India: Marathwada dam stock plunges to mere 8%

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: India Prafulla Marpakwar, TNN |Apr 10, 2013, 01.45 AM IST MUMBAI: Even as politicians are busy criticizing Ajit Pawar's jeering comment on drought, water stocks in all the dams in Marathwada touched the lowest level ever ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Ajit Pawar, India, Osmanabad (India), Jalna (India)

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 01 2013 - 1 reports

India: Marathwada dams have only 8% water left

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: India Mohammed Akhef, TNN |Mar 31, 2013, 03.02 AM IST AURANGABAD: The drought situation in Marathwada is turning from bad to worse with the levels in the dams dipping to an average 8% within a week, which is bound to result ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: Aurangabad (India), Irrigation, Osmanabad (India), Jalna (India), Evaporation

First reported Mar 08 2013 - Updated Mar 08 2013 - 1 reports

India: 1,663 villages facing water scarcity

Source: Times of IndiaCountry: India By Nikhil Deshmukh, TNN |Mar 7, 2013, 03.01 AM IST PUNE: The number of villages and hamlets in the state facing water and fodder scarcity has increased by 850 after the first week of February. In the first week of ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 08 2013]

Entities: Water Scarcity, Pune, Osmanabad (India)

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...She says, "This is a man-made drought. Collecting funds is fine but this is not the solution."

Help pours in for Maharashtra drought victims [Published NDTV - May 07 2013]

A source from Khan's office informed, "Salman wanted to help the drought-affected region and people, so we got in touch with the chief minister's office and offered our help. We were told that water is being supplied to these areas through tankers, but there is a problem of storage facilities. This was resulting in hygiene issues and fear of the spread of diseases. The CM's office suggested that Salman could provide storage tanks for the region, and we agreed to do so."

India: Water tanks donated by Salman Khan to leave Nagpur today [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 07 2013]

"We are facing a worst-ever drought in 4,000 villages in 12 districts. Initially, we felt that it would be a difficult task owing to paucity of funds. However, in view of central assistance of Rs2,700 crore and our own budgetary provision of Rs2,000 crore, we will be able to tackle the unprecedented situation" a senior bureaucrat told TOI on Tuesday

India: CM gets Rs 2,700cr from Centre to fight drought [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 17 2013]

...According to Maharashtra Economic Survey 2012-13, "As on December 31, 2012, of the total sugar production in the country, the share of the state was 35.3 per cent." Experts believe the drought-prone districts have contributed more than a quarter to India's sugar production

Maharashtra's drought woes: From scams to poor planning, contributors aplenty [Published Smart Investor - Apr 14 2013]