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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Brings Relief From Heatwave - India

Monsoon clouds loom over Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India, June 27, 2024. India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. The southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday, covering more parts of Rajasthan, most of Madhya Pradesh, additional areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and nearly all of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the IMD said in a statement. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FUTURE OF MEDIA EXHIBITION

(240220) -- RIYADH, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Future of Media Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19, 2024. The Future of Media Exhibition kicked off on Monday as one of the largest specialized media exhibitions in the Middle East, hosting over 200 local and international companies for three days. It showcases the latest technical, creative, and innovative aspects in all areas of media. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FUTURE OF MEDIA EXHIBITION

(240220) -- RIYADH, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Future of Media Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19, 2024. The Future of Media Exhibition kicked off on Monday as one of the largest specialized media exhibitions in the Middle East, hosting over 200 local and international companies for three days. It showcases the latest technical, creative, and innovative aspects in all areas of media. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FUTURE OF MEDIA EXHIBITION

(240220) -- RIYADH, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Future of Media Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19, 2024. The Future of Media Exhibition kicked off on Monday as one of the largest specialized media exhibitions in the Middle East, hosting over 200 local and international companies for three days. It showcases the latest technical, creative, and innovative aspects in all areas of media. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FUTURE OF MEDIA EXHIBITION

(240220) -- RIYADH, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Future of Media Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19, 2024. The Future of Media Exhibition kicked off on Monday as one of the largest specialized media exhibitions in the Middle East, hosting over 200 local and international companies for three days. It showcases the latest technical, creative, and innovative aspects in all areas of media. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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Daffodils in full bloom in central Japan

ECHIZEN, Japan - This photo taken Jan. 22, 2010, shows daffodils in full bloom along the Echizen Coast in the town of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan. The town is known as one of Japan's three largest areas for wild daffodils.

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(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods.

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Saline-alkali land transformed into paddy fields in NE China

STORY: Saline-alkali land transformed into paddy fields in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of paddy fields in Jilin Province STORYLINE: Located in the northeast China's Jilin Province, Zhenlai is the largest rice production county in the province. Zhenlai sits in one of the three major soda saline-alkali land areas in the world. More than half of the cultivated land here is saline-alkali land. The economy development has been restricted by wind and sand, drought and flood. People here have been suffering poverty for a long time. Since the mid-1980s, Zhenlai formed the development concept of "rice to cure alkali, rice to cure flood and rice to get rich" in the exploration process. At present, Zhenlai has won the fourth consecutive rice annual output champion crown in Jilin, a major agricultural province in China. The paddy fields, which have been described as "constructed wetlands," are changing the saline-alkali land

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Stores gradually reopening in Shanghai's prevention areas

STORY: Stores gradually reopening in Shanghai's prevention areas DATELINE: April 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHEN CHAO, Acting manager, RT-Mart Shanghai Jinshan Store SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHONG HAINAN, Driver with Eleme SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): BIE RUI, Manager of Zhongyuan Store, Shanghai STORYLINE: Stores meeting the criteria for reopening are restoring operations in prevention areas of Shanghai, China's largest trading port city with a population of 25 million. The metropolis that has been reporting a high number of COVID-19 infections since March has been divided into areas of three categories, namely the closed-off management areas, restrictive control areas and prevention areas, as part of the city's targeted efforts to overcome the COVID-19 resurgence. According to the latest policy released by the local government, residents in prevention areas can go shopping at stores meeting certain criteria. RT-MART in Shanyang

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Smart technologies aid Shanghai's fight against COVID-19 resurgence

STORY: Smart technologies aid Shanghai's fight against COVID-19 resurgence DATELINE: April 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:07 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of technologies and products in Shanghai STORYLINE: Smart technologies and products are aiding China's megacity of Shanghai to fight against the recent COVID-19 resurgence. The city has been placed under temporary closed-off management after surging COVID-19 infections were logged in recent days. The first batch of 28 intelligent robots are busy disinfecting the environment inside the Shanghai New International Expo Center in the Pudong New Area, the city's largest temporary quarantine site. In Anting New Town of Jiading District, unmanned vehicles are used to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to local communities. The load capacity of each vehicle is equivalent to three to four deliverymen. Police in Huangpu District are employing drones equipped with a broadcasting system to patrol key areas and to publicize lat

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(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods. (Kyodo)

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Daffodils in full bloom in central Japan

ECHIZEN, Japan - This photo taken Jan. 22, 2010, shows daffodils in full bloom along the Echizen Coast in the town of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan. The town is known as one of Japan's three largest areas for wild daffodils. (Kyodo)