Bangkok: Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Monday, a glimmer of hope three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced against time to find more survivors. The woman was pulled from the rubble of the Great Wall … Read more
An armed resistance movement against Myanmar’s military-run government criticised the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people. The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armies, said in a statement that the junta “continues to carry out airstrikes targeting … Read more
Bangkok, Thailand: A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts: China China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing’s emergency management ministry said. A separate rescue team from China’s Yunnan province arrived … Read more
New Delhi: After a devastating earthquake ravaged Myanmar, India initiated its relief and rescue efforts in the country under the banner ‘Operation Brahma’. On Saturday, the country deployed two naval ships and began the deployment of an army field hospital with 118 medical personnel to provide immediate assistance to the injured. The massive earthquake that … Read more
Bangkok: In the chaos of Friday’s earthquake, a Thai woman gave birth to a baby girl on a rolling bed in a hospital as it was being evacuated. The powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake centred in Myanmar on Friday rattled buildings as far away as the Thai capital, Bangkok, leading to patients being evacuated to the … Read more
New Delhi: As Myanmar reels from death and destruction caused by a massive earthquake, India on Saturday delivered 15 tonnes of relief material and dispatched more supplies by air and sea along with rescue teams under the emergency mission ‘Operation Brahma’. In a reflection of New Delhi’s strong resolve to help the neighbouring country, Prime … Read more
London: Britain’s King Charles III on Saturday sent his “deepest possible sympathy” to the victims of a devastating earthquake which has killed over 1,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand. King Charles said in a statement on X that he and his wife Queen Camilla were “shocked and saddened to learn of the devastating earthquake in … Read more
Bangkok: Doctors in Bangkok delivered a baby on the street outside the Police General Hospital during the massive earthquake in Thailand. The woman was in surgery when the tremors hit on Friday, and doctors were forced to evacuate the hospital. The patient was carried out of the hospital by medical teams and, surrounded by healthcare … Read more
New Delhi: A massive earthquake struck Myanmar and parts of neighbouring Thailand, leaving a trail of destruction and a mounting death count. As of Saturday, the death count in Myanmar and Thailand is over 700 with 1,670 injured. Here are 10 points on this big story: The 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit northwest of Sagaing, Myanmar, at … Read more
New Delhi: Tourists in Thailand’s capital Bangkok were caught in chaos on Friday when a strong earthquake struck the region. On the streets and shopping malls, people screamed in panic before they were evacuated. Fraser Morton, a tourist who was in one of Bangkok’s many malls shopping for camera equipment, said when the building began … Read more