Indian medical teams have set up a mobile hospital in Caracas to treat survivors of Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes, which have claimed 1,719 lives, injured over 5,000 people, and displaced thousands. One survivor praised the Indian doctors, saying their treatment helped ease her pain after enduring the terrifying disaster. The humanitarian mission comes as rescue [...]
MANAKAMANA, NEPAL, July 16, 2015 (Katmandu Post): The reconstruction of the Manakamana temple, a popular Hindu pilgrimage site which was damaged by the April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks, has been initiated. The damaged structure has already been pulled down and workers are digging a new foundation. Members of the Manakamana Temple Renovation Committee (MTRC) [...]
August 2, 2015
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KATHMANDU: If there is anything that last week’s earthquake hasn’t changed in the devastated Basantpur Durbar Square, it’s the daily worship of Kumari, Nepal’s living virgin goddess. Even a week after the devastating 7.9-magnitude quake left much of Nepal in ruins with the toll nearing 7,000, her puja continues as usual at her abode, Kumari [...]
May 3, 2015
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