Earthquake registering 6.3 hits Turkey-Syria border regionTwo Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya which was hit by two massive earthquakes t...
20 Feb, 2023, 11.19 PM IST
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000; many still missing in flattened apartmentsEleven days after the quake hit, three survivors were dug out from the rubble in Turkey on Friday. The death toll in Turkey stands at 39,67...
18 Feb, 2023, 12.33 PM IST
Indian Army officer develops tool to track troops, assets being used in Turkey relief opsThe system, which can be used by all defence and paramilitary forces in operation to track team members and assets in battlefield areas, of...
15 Feb, 2023, 02.01 PM IST
As hopes fade for quake survivors, people try to salvage what they canThe stench of dead bodies wafted through the cold, dusty air in Elbistan, epicentre of a powerful aftershock that struck hours after the de...
13 Feb, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000Turkiye's president on Saturday raised the death toll in his country to 21,848, while in Syria, the reported number of dead was 3,553 in go...
11 Feb, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
Children rescued as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll nears 24,000The United Nations warned that at least 870,000 people were now in urgent need of hot meals across Turkey and Syria. In Syria alone, up to ...
11 Feb, 2023, 07.52 AM IST
NDRF reaches Turkey's Gaziantep, starts search and rescue operationThere have been several precedents in the recent past of India mobilising emergency relief and assistance to countries struck by natural di...
09 Feb, 2023, 02.24 PM IST
Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admits 'shortcomings' as earthquake toll hits 11,700The sprawling scale of the disaster that flattened thousands of buildings, trapping an unknown number of people, has swamped relief operati...
08 Feb, 2023, 10.48 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
Turkiye, Syria quake deaths pass 11,000; deadliest in decadeThinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkiye and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings ...
08 Feb, 2023, 05.11 PM IST
Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: Over 285 aftershocks recorded in Turkey as WHO warns death toll can surge above 20,000According to recent statistics, over 13,000 people have been injured in Turkey. In the city of Iskenderun, a pile of rubble can be seen whe...
07 Feb, 2023, 07.26 PM IST
Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty and many other celebrities express grief over Turkey, Syria earthquake tragedyPriyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, and Shilpa Shetty, among others, shared condolence notes in response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
07 Feb, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Apple, Google announce donations for earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria. Read hereApple and Google have announced monetary support for the people affected by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The funds will be used for rel...
07 Feb, 2023, 02.57 PM IST
Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?The epicentre was about 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi at a depth of about 18 km on the East Anatolian Fault. The quake radiated...
07 Feb, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
What to know about the big earthquake that hit Turkey and SyriaMany aftershocks rocked the two countries since the initial quake. In the first 11 hours, the region had felt 13 significant aftershocks wi...
07 Feb, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
NDRF personnel with specially equipped trained dog squad departs for earthquake-hit TurkeyMeanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet said, "India's Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster...
07 Feb, 2023, 08.07 AM IST
Over 2,600 dead in Turkey-Syria earthquake; WHO warns toll could rise furtherThe quake, felt as far away as Cairo, was centered about 90 kilometers (60 miles) from the Syrian border, just north of the city of Gaziant...
06 Feb, 2023, 11.41 PM IST