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When joy turned to horror for Bengaluru fans celebrating team's IPL win

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Opinion   来源:Technology  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:Mr Prajapati's innovation is part of a growing wave of grassroots entrepreneurship in India, driven by necessity.

Mr Prajapati's innovation is part of a growing wave of grassroots entrepreneurship in India, driven by necessity.

But so far none of the cases reported in the current epidemic have been serious.The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

When joy turned to horror for Bengaluru fans celebrating team's IPL win

Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the Birch glacier was disintegrating, one person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened.Blatten's mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said "the unimaginable has happened" but promised the village still had a future.Local authorities have requested support from the Swiss army's disaster relief unit and members of the Swiss government are on their way to the scene.

When joy turned to horror for Bengaluru fans celebrating team's IPL win

The disaster that has befallen Blatten is the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps.The village's 300 inhabitants had to leave their homes on 19 May after geologists monitoring the area warned that the glacier appeared unstable. Now many of them may never be able to return.

When joy turned to horror for Bengaluru fans celebrating team's IPL win

Appearing to fight back tears, Bellwald said: "We have lost our village, but not our heart. We will support each other and console each other. After a long night, it will be morning again."

The Swiss government has already promised funding to make sure residents can stay, if not in the village itself, at least in the locality.However, she believes international recognition at festivals such as Sundance and Cannes will help to address this – especially for Indie filmmakers wanting to expand to non-traditional markets.

Bhushan agrees - the chance to show her film at Cannes, facilitated by the Maharashtra government, has opened new doors.She says the festivals are "a chance to learn how to make sales to different territories, mount new projects as co-productions with people [from around the globle]".

"There's a whole world waiting to be tapped."Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank - the biggest expansion in decades.

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