Myanmar, Thailand earthquake: PM Modi says, 'Ready to offer all possible help to Myanmar, Bangkok'

Operation Brahma: India Sends 80-Member NDRF Team, Field Hospital Units to Myanmar As Earthquake Death Toll Mounts to 1,644

Naypyidaw: The 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and the many aftershocks that followed, are considered to be one of the deadliest in the history of the country. So far, the quake has claimed 1,644 lives but the death toll is expected to go up as desperate search for survivors

One day before the devastating earthquake in Burma, Min Aung Hlaing (68 years old), the leader of the military junta that governs the country, addressed the troops for the 80th...

Operation Brahma: India airlifts aid, deploys rescuers, medics to quake-hit Myanmar

India, acting as the first responder, has announced immediate assistance for Myanmar following the deadly earthquake. Under Operation Brahma, over 55 tonnes of relief materials, along with two NDRF teams and a medical crew, have been dispatched to support post-earthquake operations.

Myanmar earthquake: India sends rescue aid, canines

New Delhi: India is sending a contingent of 80 NDRF personnel for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials here said on Saturday. Personnel of the federal disaster contingency force are being deployed under Operation Brahma, with quake rescue equipment such as strong concrete cutters, drill machines, hammers, plasma cutting machines etc to provide succour to the neighbouring country. Also ReadMyanmar’s earthquake death …

Text message warnings ‘took far too long’, says Paetongtarn

The short message service (SMS) alerts warning people about Friday's earthquake in Myanmar should have been sent out more promptly to everyone and should have provided more useful information relevant to such an emergency, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Saturday.

India sends 80 NDRF personnel to quake-hit Myanmar

Commandant P.K. Tiwary of the 8th NDRF battalion based in Ghaziabad will lead the Urban Search And Rescue team.