India Aid News - Latest Updates & Headlines
'Operation Brahma': India sends two C-17 aircraft, more relief aid to quake-hit Myanmar, says MEA
Yangon, March 30: India has intensified its efforts to assist Myanmar following the devastating earthquake, under 'Operation Brahma', by sending two C-17 aircraft with 118-member Indian Army field hospital unit, including women and child care services, as well as 60 tonnes of relief material which arrived in Myanmar later on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
Thailand deploys robotic mules to assist rescue teams in Bangkok
Bangkok, March 29: Thai rescue teams used robotic mules on Saturday in front of JJ Mall Chatuchak, Thailand, where an under-construction building collapsed after an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Sagaing, Myanmar, yesterday.
India's NDRF team with aid lands in quake-hit Myanmar
Naypyitaw, March 29: As per the XP Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team landed in Naypyitaw on Saturday and was warmly received by officials there.
India sends 40 tonnes of aid to quake-hit Myanmar
New Delhi, March 29: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday stated that Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura and INS Savitri have headed to Yangon port in Myanmar carrying aid under Operation Brahma.
India hands over first tranche of relief material to Myanmar
Yangon, March 29: India handed over the relief material to Myanmar on Saturday following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Friday. India's Ambassador to Myanmar, Abhay Thakur, handed over relief material to Yangon's Chief Minister, U Soe Thein.
India's launches 'Operation Brahma' for Myanmar, first tranche of relief material reaches Yangon
New Delhi, March 29: India has launched 'Operation Brahma' to support earthquake-impacted Myanmar. Indian Air Force C-130 J aircraft carrying approximately 15 tonnes of relief material, including tents, blankets, sleeping bags, food packets, hygiene kits, generators, and essential medicines, landed in Yangon on Saturday.
India dispatches first tranche of humanitarian aid for people of Myanmar
New Delhi, March 29: India has dispatched the first tranche of urgent humanitarian aid for the people of Myanmar on Saturday after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and rocked neighbouring Thailand. A search and rescue team, as well as a medical team, is accompanying this flight.
First tranche of 15 tonnes of relief material from India lands in quake-hit Myanmar
New Delhi, March 29: As part of its Act East policy, India sent more than 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar on Saturday, following a series of powerful earthquakes that led to widespread death and destruction on Friday, with over 600 people feared killed and the toll expected to climb further.
UN mobilising relief for quake-hit Myanmar where about 150 have died: Guterres
United Nations, March 29: The United Nations is mobilising relief for quake-hit Myanmar where nearly 150 people have died, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.