Earthquake off Russia rattles US, Japan coasts — a 2010 tragedy of similar scale had displaced 1.5 millionA massive 8.8 magnitude undersea earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific, impa...
30 Jul, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
Trump administration to end deportation relief for 500,000 Haitians: What it means and what comes nextThe Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for about 500,000 Haitians. This decision allows deportations to start in Septemb...
28 Jun, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
As the United Nations turns 80, some key moments in its historyMarking 80 years since its charter signing, the UN has witnessed pivotal moments, from its first collective security effort in the Korean W...
26 Jun, 2025, 08.40 PM IST
Indonesia, Turkey, Gujarat: Here are ten deadliest quakes of the 21st centuryWith the death toll rising by the hour, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 5 is already among the ten deadlies...
08 Feb, 2023, 07.06 PM IST
Haitian arrested as alleged tie to assassination mastermindsPolice Chief Leon Charles identified the suspect as Christian Emmanuel Sanon, without giving any personal information about him, though it ...
12 Jul, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
'We need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops“What do we do? Do we let the country fall into chaos? Private properties destroyed? People killed after the assassination of the president...
11 Jul, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Sean Penn's documentary 'Citizen Penn' to premiere on Discovery Plus next monthWritten and directed by Don Hardy, the documentary will premiere on May 6.
05 Apr, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Decade in review: Haiti earthquake, Paris climate deal, Malala's work dominated the headlines in 2010sThe decade began with an immense disaster in Haiti.
26 Dec, 2019, 03.35 PM IST
Composure, valour: What Abhinandan got from mother courageAbhinandan's mother has volunteered for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and served in dangerous remote locations, such as Ivory Coast, Niger...
03 Mar, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
No aid policy: How India changed from taker to donorIn 2013 India made it clear to both the US and Japan, which offered $200,000 towards Uttarakhand relief, that it will not accept the aid an...
24 Aug, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
Indian peacekeepers in Haiti administered cholera vaccinesLast year, then UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon had apologised to the people of Haiti for the world body's role in failing to properly add...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.36 PM IST
Sex-abuse claims a stain on the organisation, come forward and justice will be done: Oxfam chief Winnie ByanyimaThe head said that the attacks on Oxfam are "out of proportion" to its mistakes.
17 Feb, 2018, 09.42 AM IST
UN wants more info from India on anti-cholera vaccination claimsThe Indian soldiers had landed in Haiti in August last year and reportedly India had certified that they were administered the cholera vacc...
10 Jan, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
140 Indian soldiers to be given cholera vaccination in HaitiHaiti has been grappling with a cholera outbreak. The Indian soldiers had landed in Haiti in August last year and reportedly India had cert...
09 Jan, 2017, 09.47 PM IST
Major earthquakes of the past 30 yearsA powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region Monday, with strong tremors felt in Kabul, Islamabad and New Del...
26 Oct, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
Facebook, Google launch tools to locate people in quake-hit NepalThe website claims that it is currently tracking about 5,300 records, Ekantipur online reported.
27 Apr, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
How Apoorva Sinha successfully launched his startup TOHL with support from 'Start-up Chile' programmeApoorva Sinha is among a handful of Indian entrepreneurs who are making use of global entrepreneurship programmes to build companies in ove...
24 Aug, 2012, 09.36 AM IST