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March 03, 2023 11:32 AM IST Turkish authorities have been racing to find accommodation for the more than 1.5 million people left homeless after February's huge earthquakes. Survivors have been sheltering in tents, container homes, hotel resorts and even train carriages in Iskenderun, a port city in the province of Hatay, badly hit by the earthquakes.
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February 24, 2023 11:21 AM IST Over a long enough timeline, devastating quakes are certain to hit major metropolitan areas. Most estimates show lifting building standards to levels that would hugely improve outcomes isn’t hugely expensive
- February 21, 2023 08:10 PM IST
As India’s ‘Operation Dost’ concluded in earthquake-hit Turkey, Major Beena Tiwari explained the task at hand in the region. She explains how the 99-member team successfully set up and ran a fully equipped 30-bedded field hospital in Turkey. "Within 1-2 hours of setting up the hospital, we started treating patients and saw almost 3,600 patients in 10 days of operation," she mentioned. Watch!
- February 21, 2023 01:00 PM IST
Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, two weeks after a larger quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
A dashcam footage and a CCTV captured the moment the 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
Residents, who were still recovering from last earthquake were back on the streets.
Watch to know more!
- February 21, 2023 11:40 AM IST
As Turkiye confronts a devastating human toll and humongous costs of reconstruction, there are many lessons for Indian cities falling in seismic zones. Turkiye got the policy frameworks against earthquake risks right, but political shortcuts may have cost the country dearly
- February 21, 2023 08:14 AM IST
Monday night’s earthquake was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya. It had a magnitude of 6.4.
- February 20, 2023 11:40 PM IST
Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.3, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
- February 19, 2023 06:35 PM IST
Blinken is also expected to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, sources familiar with the planning said.
- February 19, 2023 01:33 PM IST
”Would you pray to find a dead body? We do … to deliver the body to the family,” said bulldozer operator Akin Bozkurt as his machine clawed at the rubble of a destroyed building in the town of Kahramanmaras.
- February 19, 2023 01:01 PM IST
The cat was fittingly named by its rescuer -- firefighter Ali Cakas. He has been its constant companion since the rescue.
- February 19, 2023 12:10 PM IST
This photo gallery highlights some of this week's most compelling images from across the world.
- February 18, 2023 04:49 PM IST
Taha Erdem, 17, is among those fortunate people who survived the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria along with their loved ones.
- February 18, 2023 03:54 PM IST
The body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu has been found after a devastating earthquake in Turkey, local media reported Saturday, quoting his manager.
- February 17, 2023 11:52 PM IST
Teams have been finding survivors all week despite them being stuck for so long under the rubble in freezing weather, although their numbers have dropped to just a handful in the past few days.
- February 17, 2023 05:23 PM IST
The first deadly quake of magnitude 7.8 hit several parts of Turkey when people were sleeping.
- February 17, 2023 03:57 PM IST
Under "Operation Dost", India sent several aircraft loaded with food, medicines and medical equipment to Turkey and Syria.
- February 17, 2023 01:01 PM IST
The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 41,000, and millions need humanitarian aid while many survivors have been left homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures.
- February 15, 2023 01:58 PM IST
Turkey earthquake: When Major Bina Tiwari's brother thanked Anand Mahindra for the recognition, the industrialist said, 'We are all proud of your family'.
- February 15, 2023 11:47 AM IST
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged the problems and said the situation is now under control, whereas the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed on to allow United Nations aid to enter from Turkey via two more border crossings.
- February 14, 2023 09:19 PM IST
The figures come on top of the enormous loss of life from the disaster, with the death toll having risen to 31,974.
- February 14, 2023 09:05 PM IST
The United Arab Emirates-based entrepreneur/ philanthropist who hails from Kerala donated Rs 11 crore to help relocate the victims of the earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria last week, killing tens of thousands.
- February 13, 2023 05:54 PM IST
Seventy-fve-year-old Turkey earthquake survivor Mama Busra finally managed to contact her son after five days. Busra thought that she had lost her son in the earthquake, which has taken over 30,000 lives so far. A teary-eyed Busra says that now she wants her daughter back too. Relief and rescue operations continue in the area.
- February 13, 2023 06:57 PM IST
In videos shared on Twitter, the baby is seen sucking on to a finger after being rescued.
- February 12, 2023 02:25 PM IST
Turkey earthquake: The incident has won hearts on social media with many lauding the pet owner.
- February 12, 2023 10:30 AM IST
Turkey earthquake: The baby and his mother were found by rescuers in Samandag, Hatay province.
