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03/29/2025March 29, 2025
India sends aid flight to quake-hit Myanmar
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said New Delhi had dispatched a humanitarian aid flight to Myanmar carrying hygiene kits, blankets, food parcels and other essentials.
“A search and rescue team and medical team is also accompanying this flight,” he said. “We will continue to monitor the developments and more aid will follow.”
The minister shared photographs on social media showing members of India’s national disaster response agency loading supplies onto the plane.
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03/29/2025March 29, 2025
Myanmar junta says at least 694 dead, 1,670 injured
Myanmar authorities said the death toll from Friday’s massive earthquake in the country has jumped to 694, adding 1,670 people were injured.
The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake destroyed buildings, downed bridges, and buckled roads across swathes of Myanmar.
It was the biggest quake to hit the Southeast Asian nation in over a century, according to US geologists.
The tremors were powerful enough to severely damage buildings across Bangkok, hundreds of kilometers away from the epicenter.
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