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India faces an historic drought

India faces an historic drought

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, summoned on Monday (17) the regional government leaders for a emergency meeting on the drought that reaches the country. The Indian meteorological department indicated, on August 13, that the precipitations were 29% below the average. Of the 626 districts of India, 177 were affected by a drought, that can [...]