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Azmarin, February 6 A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,500 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage…

Ankara (Turkey), February 6 At least 10 people were killed in Turkey after an earthquake shook the country’s south and also northern Syria, two local Turkish officials said. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said the quake struck at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) near the…

Ankara (Turkey), February 6 At least 42 people were killed in Turkey after an earthquake shook the country’s south and also northern Syria, said state media. “42 dead and more than 200 injured in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia regions as a result of earthquake,” said Syrian state media….

Azmarin (Syria), February 6 A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of…

Ankara, February 6 A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside in a cold winter night. At least 195 people were killed in both countries, hundreds were injured and the toll was expected to rise. Rescue workers…

Ankara (Turkey), February 6 A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. At least 360 were killed and hundreds injured, and the toll was expected to…

Ankara, February 6 A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at least 640 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage…

Azmarin, February 6 A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities…

New Delhi, February 5In another crackdown on mobile phone apps with Chinese links, the Union Government has ordered a ban on 232 such apps — 138 related to betting and 94 lending. The ban has been imposed on an “urgent” and “emergency” basis using relevant sections of the Information Technology…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, February 5 Pakistan’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, the architect of Kargil war, died after a prolonged illness in Dubai on Sunday. Musharraf, 79, who lived in a self-imposed exile in the UAE to avoid criminal charges against him in Pakistan, was suffering from amyloidosis,…

New Delhi, February 5National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met his UK counterpart Tim Barrow in London to find commonalities in their respective positions on Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ukraine and Afghanistan. In a “special gesture”, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak joined the meeting between Doval and Barrow.Special gestureA special gesture by…

New Delhi, February 5 The government has blocked 232 apps operated by overseas entities, including Chinese, for being involved in betting, gambling and unauthorised loan service, according to an official source. Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued orders to block these apps following instructions from Ministry of Home…

New Delhi, February 5 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said regulators Sebi and RBI should always be on their toes to keep the equity market stable and indicated that the Adani stock rout following a Hindenburg report was a company specific issue. She said banks and insurance companies are “not…

Satya PrakashNew Delhi, February 5As thousands of undertrial prisoners continue to languish in jail despite having been granted bail, the Supreme Court has directed trial courts to suo motu consider relaxing bail conditions in cases where accused persons are unable to furnish bail bonds for over a month.The order came…

New Delhi, February 5Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf, who died on Sunday, was “once an implacable foe of India” but became a “real force for peace” later on, drawing the BJP’s ire which accused his party of “eulogising” the architect of the…