Category: World News

International Solar Alliance and West African Power Pool hosts 13 African countries in New Delhi to share best practices in solar deployment

India’s experience in energy would be very useful for the growth of energy ecosystems in the world, Shri R. K. Singh, Union Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy FEB 14, 2023 Shri R K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy & President of […]

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors, including a pregnant woman and two small children, six days after a pair of earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings. The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude […]

Earthquake death toll tops 33,000, Turkey starts legal action

ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 12 – Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses. With chances […]

Rescuers toil on in rubble of Turkey and Syria, survivors ever harder to find

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 11 – Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country’s most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were fading in Turkey and Syria that many more survivors would be found. In Kahramanmaras, close to the […]

Children plucked from ruins days after earthquake, but death tolls tops 22,000

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 10 – Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week’s huge earthquake. The confirmed death […]

Cold, hunger, despair grip homeless as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 19,000

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 9 – Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 19,000 on Thursday. The rescue of a two-year-old boy after 79 hours trapped in […]

Survivors struggle to stay warm, fed in earthquake aftermath

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria and killed more than 19,300. Emergency crews used pick axes, shovels […]

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The confirmed death toll from the world’s deadliest quake in more than a decade […]

PM condoles loss of lives due to Earthquake in Syria

FEB 6, 2023 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to the Earthquake in Syria. Shri Modi has said that we share the grief of the Syrian people and remain committed to provide assistance and support in this difficult […]

1st G-20 Employment Working Group concludes in Jodhpur

FEB 4, 2023 1st G-20 Employment Working Group concluded in Jodhpur today on a positive note with all G20 countries showing interest and commitment in constructively working towards the objective of the three priority areas of Addressing Global Skills Gaps, Gig & platform economy & social protection and […]

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