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5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Taiwan, as a series of temblors hits the islandA magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Taiwan's Chiayi county causing no immediate damage. It followed a January 21 quake that caused minor injurie...
Taiwan Earthquake: Daily aftershocks drop to 89 from 314Following a 7.4 earthquake in Huwalien City, Taiwan experienced numerous aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 4 to 6. The Central News...
Nearly 250 missing as hope for survivors fades in Japan earthquakeResponding to the escalating crisis, Japan's Self-Defense Forces have doubled their deployment to 4,600 troops involved in rescue and relie...
Japan earthquakes: Watch the first tsunami waves hitting western coastThe Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama prefectures. Top government spokesperson Hayashi ...
Rescuers search for survivors as Taliban put Afghan quake toll at 2,400The Taliban administration said at least 2,400 people had been killed and many more injured in the quakes, which were among the world's dea...
Christine Lagarde resigns as IMF chief, cites more clarity on ECB postLagarde said in a statement her resignation was effective Sept. 12, opening the way for the IMF to choose its next leader.
North Korea's 2017 bomb test set off later earthquakesThe underground test -- which took place on September 3 last year -- was North Korea's sixth, and by far largest yet, yielding some 250 kil...
Mild tremor rating 4.6 on the Richter felt in NepalThe aftershock was recorded by the National Seismological Centre at 1.49 am with its epicentre in Dhading district.
Nepal asks international community to send tourists to revive tourism after earthquakesThe earthquakes that struck Nepal on April 25 and May 12 have damaged nearly 90 per cent of the palaces, shrines and monuments which were b...
Nepal declares Kathmandu Valley as crisis-hit zoneNepal declared all districts in Kathmandu Valley as crisis-hit zone, curtailing certain civil rights in order to demolish and clear damaged...
Mansarovar yatra via Nepal hit as China shuts Tibet borderAbout 25,000 foreign tourists, mostly Indians, planning to visit Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet through Nepal have been forced to change their...
Nepal earthquake: India simplifies relief supply procedureIndia today said it has put in place a simplified procedure to expedite and facilitate transit clearances of relief supplies to Nepal which...
Nepal ends 13-day mourning period, toll nears 8,000According to the National Seismological Centre 4.2- magnitude tremor was reported at 2.33 am. Another 4.0-magnitude temblor occurred at 7.5...
Nepal earthquake: Air services resumed to KathmanduIndiGo's flight from Delhi to Kathmandu had also failed to land due to the airport closure and retruned to the IGI airport here.
- Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank report
The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a Wor...
- Crude at $90: Will govt cut fuel price?
The day of reckoning on fuel prices may be nearing for the UPA government, with crude briefly going below the $90/barrel mark in the London...
- Indian students spend nights in open football field
Indian medical students in quake-ravaged southwest China's Sichuan province are in the grip of anxiety and fear, and are even sleeping in a...