New Delhi: Rescue operations are under full swing in earthquake-hit Bangkok, where a 33-storey skyscraper turned into rubble within seconds, killing at least 13 people while over 70 remain buried. However, sources told NDTV that the number of people buried could be as high as 300 to 400. K9 USAR, Thailand’s Rescue Dog Association, has … Read more
Bangkok: An anti-corruption watchdog had flagged irregularities in the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed in an earthquake last week and killed at least 11 people, the head of the monitoring group told Reuters. The government had threatened to cancel the project earlier this year because of delays, Mana Nimitmongkol, president of the Anti-Corruption … Read more
New Delhi: After a devastating earthquake ravaged Myanmar, India initiated its relief and rescue efforts in the country under the banner ‘Operation Brahma‘. On Saturday, the country deployed two naval ships and began the deployment of an army field hospital with 118 medical personnel to provide immediate assistance to the injured. The massive earthquake that … Read more
New Delhi: Buildings shook and swayed, water feel out of rooftop infinity polls and people ran around in panic as an earthquake hit Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, killing around 700 people with operations on to rescue others. Indians, who form a large chink of tourists in Thailand, hurriedly returned home as the 7.2 magnitude quake … Read more
New Delhi: India is sending around 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, and an aftershock of 6.8 magnitude struck the country on Friday afternoon and caused massive damage and claimed over 150 lives. The relief material is being sent to Myanmar on an IAF C 130 J aircraft from … Read more
New Delhi: Tourists in Thailand’s capital Bangkok were caught in chaos on Friday when a strong earthquake struck the region. On the streets and shopping malls, people screamed in panic before they were evacuated. Fraser Morton, a tourist who was in one of Bangkok’s many malls shopping for camera equipment, said when the building began … Read more
Myanmar Earthquake LIVE Updates: A powerful earthquake rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok where a state of emergency was declared. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing at a shallow depth, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit the same … Read more
Bangkok/New Delhi: When the ground began to tremble violently beneath his feet, Prem Kishore Mohanty from India was sitting in the auditorium of his daughter’s school in Thailand’s Bangkok. It was supposed to be a routine sports day event – children competing, parents cheering – until the tremors hit. “I felt my head spinning, and … Read more
New Delhi: Collapsed bridges and buildings, shaking skyscrapers with water from infinity pools falling hundreds of feet to the ground, and panicked people running out onto the streets – scenes that followed a massive 7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar that led to tremors in northern Bangkok and southwestern China. The earthquake struck 18km from the … Read more
Naypyidaw: A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings, and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing on Friday afternoon at a shallow depth, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit … Read more
New Delhi: A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake, and an aftershock of 6.8 magnitude, struck central Myanmar at 12.50pm (local time) Friday. The epicentre was 16km northwest of the city of Sagaing, and at a depth of 10km, the United States Geological Survey said. There are no reports of casualties so far. No tsunami warning has been … Read more