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"In this hour of crisis, India stands with the people": PM Modi on Greece
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
PM Narendra Modi said, "Today, I express my sympathies to the people of Greece. When the forest fires started here, it became a major crisis. Several people in Greece died. In this hour of crisis, India stands with the people of Greece."
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"First Foreign Head of govt to receive this honour:" Foreign Secy Kwatra o
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the first Foreign Head of the Government to be awarded 'The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour', by the Greek government, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Friday.
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Israel sending more emergency relief workers to aid Greece during wildfire
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israel is sending crews and firefighting aircraft to Greece, led by the National Security Ministry, under the command of the Israel Police Air Division, and in cooperation with the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority and the IDF
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Greece PM offers free Rhodes vacation for travellers affected by wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is offering a “do-over” for travellers whose trip to the holiday island of Rhodes was cancelled or cut short due to the country's wildfires, CNN reported.
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UAE stands in solidarity with Greece over wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Greece over wildfires caused by a severe heatwave sweeping the country, which have resulted in the death of two people from a crash of a firefighting plane, and the evacuation of thousands of people.
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Greece wildfires: Two pilots die as firefighting plane crashes
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Two Greek air force pilots died after a plane crashed while battling forest fires on the island of Evia on Tuesday.
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Firefighting plane crashes in Greece as wildfires rage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Videos of the plane pouring water on a fire were posted on social media by the state broadcaster ERT. After that, it is seen falling into a mountainside and catching fire.
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Nearly 2500 more evacuated as Greece battles wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Nearly 2,500 more people were evacuated by the Greek authorities from the island of Corfu on Monday as crews fought several wildfires in the heat-battered country.
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Greece witnesses largest-ever evacuation as tourists flee Rhodes wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The largest evacuation effort launched in Greece's history, according to officials, was when a massive wildfire ravaging the Greek island of Rhodes forced hundreds of tourists to leave their hotels on Sunday, CNN reported.
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30,000 people evacuated as wildfires rage in Greek Rhodes Island
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes said Saturday they had moved 30,000 people threatened by wildfires to safety, including 2,000 who had to be ferried off beaches.
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Wildfires rage in Greece amid searing heatwave across Europe, trigger evac
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Authorities had declared the wildfire controlled overnight, but when the gusts grew stronger later on Thursday, firefighters lost control.
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Greece surveys damage from wildfires of 'exceptional magnitude'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 13 (ANI): Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland had burned in wildfires of Greece fuelled by an extraordinary heatwave at the beginning of August, said European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) on Wednesday (local time).
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