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Life On The Ring Of Fire: How Taiwan Prepares For Earthquakes
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.
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US Government Proposes Four Times Increase In Aid To Nepal
The US government has proposed a four-fold jump in relief to Nepal at Rs 434 crore (USD 64 million) as part of its aid to rebuild the country after the 2015 devastating earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.
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Manipur Earthquake: Rescue, Relief Work In Full Swing
Rescue and relief work was today on in full swing in quake-hit Manipur even as life limped back to normal with markets opening in the state capital.
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Nepal Reopens 6 Heritage Sites for Public After Deadly Earthquakes
Nepal today reopened six heritage sites, including the famed Pashupathinath temple, for the public in a bid to woo tourists back, nearly two months after deadly earthquakes severely damaged some of the country's historic cultural sites and killed nearly 9,000 people.
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Chennai NGO Wants to Build Earthquake-Resistant Houses Made of Plastic Bottles in Nepal
You can huff and you can puff but you can't blow these houses down, claims a Chennai organization that has developed 'earthquake-proof' houses made of used plastic bottles.
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After Nepal Quake, Time is Ripe to Push for Safer Buildings: Experts
Six weeks before Nepal was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, the country's foreign minister told a global conference on disasters that a major quake in the Kathmandu Valley would likely cause "catastrophic" loss of life.
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Nepal Earthquake: Lok Sabha Members to Donate a Month's Salary to Prime Minister's Relief Fund
All Lok Sabha members, who have agreed to donate a month's salary towards relief work for those hit by the quake in Nepal and India, were today asked to contribute the money to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
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Nepal Earthquake: No Politics Behind Rejection of Our Rescue Team Offer, Says Taiwan Minister
Taiwan's foreign minister has said that the government of earthquake-devastated Nepal had rejected its offer of a 20-man rescue team, but denied diplomatic pressures were behind the decision.
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Nepal Earthquake: India to Ply Buses to Evacuate its Nationals
India will start bus services from Kathmandu to Gorakhpur from tomorrow to evacuate its nationals stranded in Nepal after a massive earthquake in the country.
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Nepal Earthquake: Choppers Rescue Climbers Stranded at High Altitude on Mount Everest
Climbers stranded for two days were plucked Monday from high altitudes on Mount Everest following a deadly quake-triggered avalanche, as exhausted and emotional mountaineers said they were thankful to be alive.
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United Nations Prepares for 'Massive' Aid Operation in Response to Nepal Earthquake
The UN food agency said Monday it was preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, with a first plane set to arrive Tuesday.
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Nepalese in Bengaluru Feel Their Country's Pain
Thousands of Nepalese nationals work in India as they are not able to find jobs back home. Bengaluru, too, is temporary home to many Nepalese who work in this southern city, many as security guards.
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Nepal Earthquake: Kathmandu's Open Grounds Turn Into Camps for Frightened Residents
The maidan of Tudi Khel in the heart of Kathmandu looked like a picnic spot on Sunday, crowded with tents fashioned out of bright blue tarpaulin. Hundreds of families, children included, cooked food and slept on rugs.
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Nepal Earthquake: Flights Resume, 100s Waiting to Be Evacuated
Hundreds of Nepalis are today fleeing the capital Kathmandu, for the plains, following the massive earthquake on Saturday that has so far killed 3,726 people and injured 6,500. At Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu chaos continued today with hundreds of people waiting to be evacuated. Indian choppers are being used to evacuate people f...
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Desperate Nepalis Flee Capital as Aftershocks Spread Fear
Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a massive earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people and faced with shortages of food and water.
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Life On The Ring Of Fire: How Taiwan Prepares For Earthquakes
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.
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US Government Proposes Four Times Increase In Aid To Nepal
The US government has proposed a four-fold jump in relief to Nepal at Rs 434 crore (USD 64 million) as part of its aid to rebuild the country after the 2015 devastating earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.
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Manipur Earthquake: Rescue, Relief Work In Full Swing
Rescue and relief work was today on in full swing in quake-hit Manipur even as life limped back to normal with markets opening in the state capital.
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Nepal Reopens 6 Heritage Sites for Public After Deadly Earthquakes
Nepal today reopened six heritage sites, including the famed Pashupathinath temple, for the public in a bid to woo tourists back, nearly two months after deadly earthquakes severely damaged some of the country's historic cultural sites and killed nearly 9,000 people.
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Chennai NGO Wants to Build Earthquake-Resistant Houses Made of Plastic Bottles in Nepal
You can huff and you can puff but you can't blow these houses down, claims a Chennai organization that has developed 'earthquake-proof' houses made of used plastic bottles.
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After Nepal Quake, Time is Ripe to Push for Safer Buildings: Experts
Six weeks before Nepal was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, the country's foreign minister told a global conference on disasters that a major quake in the Kathmandu Valley would likely cause "catastrophic" loss of life.
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Nepal Earthquake: Lok Sabha Members to Donate a Month's Salary to Prime Minister's Relief Fund
All Lok Sabha members, who have agreed to donate a month's salary towards relief work for those hit by the quake in Nepal and India, were today asked to contribute the money to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
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Nepal Earthquake: No Politics Behind Rejection of Our Rescue Team Offer, Says Taiwan Minister
Taiwan's foreign minister has said that the government of earthquake-devastated Nepal had rejected its offer of a 20-man rescue team, but denied diplomatic pressures were behind the decision.
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Nepal Earthquake: India to Ply Buses to Evacuate its Nationals
India will start bus services from Kathmandu to Gorakhpur from tomorrow to evacuate its nationals stranded in Nepal after a massive earthquake in the country.
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Nepal Earthquake: Choppers Rescue Climbers Stranded at High Altitude on Mount Everest
Climbers stranded for two days were plucked Monday from high altitudes on Mount Everest following a deadly quake-triggered avalanche, as exhausted and emotional mountaineers said they were thankful to be alive.
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United Nations Prepares for 'Massive' Aid Operation in Response to Nepal Earthquake
The UN food agency said Monday it was preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, with a first plane set to arrive Tuesday.
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Nepalese in Bengaluru Feel Their Country's Pain
Thousands of Nepalese nationals work in India as they are not able to find jobs back home. Bengaluru, too, is temporary home to many Nepalese who work in this southern city, many as security guards.
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Nepal Earthquake: Kathmandu's Open Grounds Turn Into Camps for Frightened Residents
The maidan of Tudi Khel in the heart of Kathmandu looked like a picnic spot on Sunday, crowded with tents fashioned out of bright blue tarpaulin. Hundreds of families, children included, cooked food and slept on rugs.
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Nepal Earthquake: Flights Resume, 100s Waiting to Be Evacuated
Hundreds of Nepalis are today fleeing the capital Kathmandu, for the plains, following the massive earthquake on Saturday that has so far killed 3,726 people and injured 6,500. At Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu chaos continued today with hundreds of people waiting to be evacuated. Indian choppers are being used to evacuate people f...
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Desperate Nepalis Flee Capital as Aftershocks Spread Fear
Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a massive earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people and faced with shortages of food and water.
