Rescuers retrieved six bodies in Pesisir Selatan and three more in the neighbouring district of Padang Pariaman, bringing the death toll to 19, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Sunday.
"The 21st century is the century of Asia and this is our century. It requires the creation of a rules-based post-Covid world order and everyone’s effort for human welfare," he told the members of the ASEAN-India Summit.
The Prime Minister departed for Jakarta on Wednesday to attend the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and 18th East Asia Summit.
PM Modi was received by I. Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, Indonesian Minister for Women Empowerment and Child Protection in Jakarta and accorded a ceremonial welcome.
Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, said Indonesia has agreed to adjust the timings so that PM Modi could return to New Delhi for the upcoming G20 Summit.
According to MEA, the summit is "special" as it is the first meeting after the elevation of the relationship between the two sides to a comprehensive strategic partnership last year.
Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar said that the Indonesian side was kind enough to alter the timings of the two different summits which were scheduled for September 7.
Notably, Indonesia banned wearing hijabs in school in 2021 but the activists claimed both Muslim and non-Muslim girls have been forced to wear the black headscarf in conservative regions of the archipelago.
Qatar Airways informed that another aircraft is being prepared for dispatch from Doha to collect passengers in Mumbai.
Jakarta: Videos showed firefighting officials taking shelter as the massive structure came down. The mosque was said be under renovation at the time of the incident.
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said people along Japutih and Apiahu beaches in Central Maluku district should immediately leave the beach area.
Hundreds of public buildings like health centres, education facilities, places of worship and office buildings were also damaged.
Floods inundated several areas in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday, forcing thousands to leave their homes following heavy rains in the capital city in the past few days.
A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Saturday. The plane was en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province when it lost contact.
According to the authorities, the quake was felt at a depth of 156.56 km and was initially determined to be at 6.7408 degrees south latitude and 129.6496 degrees east longitude.
Indonesia new capital news: Indonesia's president announced Monday that the country's capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a site in sparsely populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, known for rainforests and orangutans.
Indonesia: Lion Air flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang crashes into the sea. 188 passengers likely fear dead.
The earthquake was measured by the US Geological Survey as 6.9-magnitude.
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the island on last Sunday and was followed by 451 aftershocks, including strong ones with 5.9 magnitude earlier this week.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a depth of 7 kilometers (4.4 miles).
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