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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: earthquake

China to give $200,000 emergency aid to earthquake-stricken Morocco

Chinese medical workers in Morocco have been actively helping victims, including during aftershocks, state broadcaster CGTN reported.

Deadly earthquake in Morocco kills over 2000 people, leaves more than 2,500 injured

The quake was recorded at a depth of 18.5 km, typically more destructive than deeper quakes of the same magnitude. It was Morocco’s deadliest earthquake since 1960.

PM Modi assures ‘all possible assistance’ to earthquake-hit Morocco

A powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday killed at least 296 people, the country's Interior Ministry said.

Morocco earthquake kills over 1,000 people, rescuers dig for survivors

The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas that were hard to reach.

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits Jammu and Kashmir, tremors felt in Delhi, parts of north India

The quake struck moments after 1.30 pm and lasted a few seconds.

IIT Roorkee works towards improving earthquake warning time to 40 seconds or more

Start-up incubated at IIT is working on advancing the system, increasing warning time. Its head says alert is sent out to public via their app for quakes stronger than magnitude of 5.

Using ISRO satellites to map risks, draining glacial lakes – how Indian scientists plan to mitigate quake impact

Scientists also need to work on developing new models & identifying earthquake precursors, says a senior official at workshop held in New Delhi Wednesday.

Nicobar Island jolted with 4.6 magnitude earthquake

On Sunday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred at a depth of 10 km, Nicobar Island, according to the National Center for Seismology.

9 dead, 44 injured after 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, says govt official

19 houses were partially damaged by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government said on Wednesday.

Manufacturing activity in Turkey’s southeast at risk due to earthquake disaster

To ease the fallout, the Turkish government has rolled out short-work allowances for workers and easier access to loans for affected companies.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.