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Operation Sahayogi Haat ("helping hands") was a US military relief operation delivering humanitarian assistance to victims of the April and May 2015 Nepal earthquakes. About 900 US military and civilian personnel were involved, with about 300 deployed in Nepal .
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (or the Himalayan earthquake) [4] occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April with a moment magnitude (M w) of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was approximately 34 km (21 mi) east-southeast of Lamjung , Nepal, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). [ 5 ]
In 2007, UNFPA in partnership with UNICEF, launched a $44 million program to reduce the practice by 40 per cent in 16 countries by 2015 and to end it within a generation. UNFPA also recently sponsored a Global Technical Consultation, [14] which drew experts from all over the world to discuss strategies to convince communities to abandon the ...
Indians make up the bulk of the immigrant labour force. Indian workers were exempt from requiring a work permit to live and work in Nepal until 2019. [22] So, Nepal does not have any data on the number of Indians living and working in Nepal. However, the Indian government puts the number of non-resident Indians in Nepal at 600,000. [23]
April 25 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal with epicenter at Gorkha at a depth of 15.0 km (9.3 mi). [4] In total, at least 10,000 people were killed in Nepal , India , Bangladesh , and China .
The Nepal humanitarian crisis (2015-2017) developed owing to a lack of action following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks. It was compounded by political factors as a result of the 2015 Nepal blockade. Victims of the earthquakes were still living in flimsy, temporary shelters more than a year after the initial devastation.
Officials are calling Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest the deadliest day on the mountain in history. At least 12 Sherpa guides were killed. According to Al Jazeera, investigators say the Sherpa ...
The Indian Air Force evacuated over 500 citizens from Nepal between 25 and 26 April, and hundreds later on 26 April. [17] [18] Ten flights were scheduled for 26 April, which airlifted army forward hospitals, teams of doctors, nurses, and paramedics, engineering task forces, water, food, National Disaster Response Force teams, medical personnel and equipment, blankets, stretchers, and tents.