According to Turkey's Anadolu Agency citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of the quakes occured at around 20.04 pm, local time (1704GMT) in the Defence district of Hatay, with a magnitude of 6.4, while the other quake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit the country
"Today a Magnitude 6.4 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Antioch (#Turkey) at 20:04:29 local time (UTC 17:04:29). Shaking was felt over 400km by approximately 30M people in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Syrian Arab Republic and Israel," EMSC quake tweeted.
Asserting that he has no role to play in denying permission for the PM's rally, he said all permissions for rallies are given by the Election Commission of India and the district administration is adhering to directives issued to them by the ECI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday heaped praise on the rescue professionals of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the dog squad members saying that they showed amazing strength and India was one of the first responders when the recent deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Syr
The Indian Army's medical team deployed under Turkiye Operation Dost touched down in India on Monday at Ghaziabad's Hindon Airport after 12 days of the operation and treating more than 3600 patients. Major Beena Tiwari, the Indian Army Major who served as the Medical Officer in the 60 par
The BJP had planned to organise a mega rally of PM Modi in Tura on February 24. The BJP, however, said that permission to hold the rally at Tura's PA Sangma Stadium was denied by the state government, citing the stadium was still under construction.
Blinken will visit the Incirlik air base, through which aid is flowing, and then hold talks with senior Turkish officials in the capital Ankara, the US State Department announced.
These actions by Beijing include "destroying built heritage and desacralizing religious traditions, criminalizing grassroots cultural practices while using their staged representations to promote China's chosen political narratives."
"We are currently flying over 300 aircraft and we have nearly 500 more on order. Of course, the expansion depends a lot on the frequency and the timing of when we get the aircraft. But as and when the aircraft arrive, they will be deployed into the domestic market and some overseas," Indi
After the earthquake in Turkey, a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), involved in the relief and rescue operation, pulled out 6 and 8-year-old girls safely from the debris.