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All India Radio News  ‏ @ airnewsalerts   . @ BJP4India  MP  @ MaheishGirri  requests PM  @ narendramodi  to rename Aurangzeb Road in NewDelhi as Dr  @ APJAbdulKalam  Road US IMPOSES FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA — US IMPOSES FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA JULY 31, 2015 / LEAVE A COMMENT US IMPOSES FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER CRIMEA, EAST UKRAINE United States has imposed further sanctions against Russia over the events in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Eleven more people and 15 more companies have been put on the sanctions list. Among the newly included firms are affiliate companies of Russian oil giant Rosneft, as well as several organizations linked to one of the country’s major banks – Vnesheconombank. Sanctions were also imposed against five Crimean commercial ports located in the towns of Sevastopol, Feodoisa, Kerch, Evpatoria and Yalta, as well as the Kerch ferry service. The US embas...
Bangladesh, at least 5 people, including a 5-year old child, have been killed and another 6 are missing in southern coastal areas of Cox’s Bazar and Bhola, with Bay of Bengal cyclone ‘Komen’ expected to make landfall this evening. the child was killed when a wall collapsed in Moheshkhali island while 3 others died in a boat capsize in the same area. Another man was killed in St. Martin island, off Cox’s Bazar when a coconut tree fell on him. Meanwhile officials of the Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief have said that over 2,60,000 people have been temporarily relocated in 288 cyclone shelters in Cox’s Bazar. Bangladesh Inland Water Transpor Aauthority has suspended all operations on all water routes throughout the country. Ferries have been halted, river ports have shut operations, and marine ports of Chittagong, Mongla and Pyra have been put under danger signals. Meanwhile Bangladesh Meteorological Department Director Mohammed Shah Alam has said the intensity of the...