New Delhi: The Income Tax department has launched a ‘Tatkal' approval mechanism for those charitable and self-help organisations who desire to help the victims of the earthquake in Nepal.“A special desk has been deployed at
Four days after a massive quake struck Nepal, the death toll from the disaster has passed the 5,000 mark.But it will still take time for the food and other supplies to reach survivors in remote
Kathmandu: Overwhelmed with the foreign aid pouring in and finding it difficult to direct it to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation, Nepal has declined help from Taiwan and New
Kathmandu: The United Nations says 8 million people have been affected by the weekend earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 5,000 people and 1.4 million people are in need of food assistance, but the challenge
A man pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kathmandu more than three days after the deadly Nepal earthquake says he drank his own urine to survive.Rishi Khanal tells The Associated Press that
Kathmandu: Life in Nepal's capital Kathmandu is slowly moving towards normalcy on Wednesday after the Himalayan nation was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale on April 25.Over 600 aftershocks of
Kathmandu: Chaos broke out in Kathmandu as hundreds of people tried to flee the city as soon as possible following Saturday's devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake.Rescuers and international aid workers today struggled to reach relief in remote
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Tuesday evacuated 19 mountaineers from Lukla in Nepal as part of its relief and rescue operations in the Himalayan country in wake of the devastating earthquake.External affairs ministry
New Delhi: For about 70 climbers on Mount Everest base camp, hit by the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Captain Ritesh Goel of the Indian Army was a life saver. Goel, who has also served in the
Geneva: The UN today released $ 15 million as emergency aid for quake-hit Nepal to "scale up" the rescue operations in the country which is facing an acute shortage of food, water, electricity and medicines. "I
Darbhanga (Bihar): Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) kicked up a row today by pasting stickers on the foreheads of injured persons in the earthquake for identification, which were later removed. Television grabs showed injured patients
New Delhi: India today enlarged its relief and rescue operations in quake-hit Nepal to the worst-affected epicentre areas even as it began a “big” evacuation effort through the road route with 4,000 people scheduled to
Nepal earthquake toll could Reach 10000, says PM Sushil KoiralaRescuers and international aid workers today struggled to reach relief in remote areas of Nepal which is still battling the aftermath of Saturday's killer earthquake whose
New Delhi: Nepal today thanked India for extending a “blank cheque” and taking initiative in launching relief operations in the aftermath of Saturday's killer earthquake, which was followed suit by other countries. Ambassador-designate of Nepal
New Delhi: Insulin worth Rs one crore will be sent for persons suffering from diabetes in earthquake-hit Nepal, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here today. “A consignment of insulin worth Rs one crore consisting of
Kathmandu: The earthquake in Nepal has impacted eight million people in 39 districts, of which over two million live in 11 most severely affected districts, the UN said on Tuesday.The immediate priority of the victims
KATHMANDU: The advent of video hugely affected the prospects of Radio as the rise of new technology often spells doom for the previous one. But this story of how Radio overshadowed the video medium by
An avid Noida mountaineer and the third youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest – Arjun Vajpai – recently posted a video showing avalanches in mountains caused due to earthquake on his Facebook account, and in
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday offered help to quake-ravaged Nepal."Let us stand beside our brothers and sisters in Nepal. They don't even have the basic needs like
New Delhi: India today pressed six more teams of NDRF personnel into its relief and rescue operations in Nepal as the Himalayan country struggles to cope in the grim aftermath of the deadly earthquake which
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