Two earthquakes on 1 September killed more than 2,200 people, while aftershocks brought fresh landslides. Helicopters come in handy for aid groups, but help is patchy & slow
According to the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group, almost 8,000 homes have been destroyed with several people still feared trapped under rubble.
Fire authorities said they were slowly evacuating those trapped in tunnels near Hualien city. But they lost contact with 50 travellers aboard 4 minibuses heading to a national park.
Thousands of army personnel, firefighters and police officers from across the country have been dispatched to the worst-hit area in the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture.
As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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