Time to name and shame: Mahavir Tents cheats Nepal quake relief NGO

A foreign relief team to Nepal  has purchased 200 high quality tents from a Delhi-based company called Mahavir Tents for $67 each, amounting to a total of $13,400. But they did not get what was promised.  The tents arrived days later than the stipulated delivery date and they claim that the tents were "totally different"…

फिर कहर बनकर बरपा भूकंप, कई इमारतें जमींदोज, नेपाल में 25 और भारत में 17 की मौत

(12 May) भूकंप के जोरदार झटकों से नेपाल, अफगानिस्तान और पूरा उत्तर भारत मंगलवार को एक बार फिर दहल गया. रिक्टर पैमाने पर 7.3 तीव्रता के इस भूकंप का केंद्र नेपाल और अफगानिस्तान में था. नेपाल में ताजा झटकों से 25 लोगों की मौत हो गई है और 1000 से ज्यादा लोग घायल बताए जा…

Quake-hit vent their ire on Indian media

“Insensitive, sycophancy and the height of event management,” say twitterati. The Indian media is facing flak for its coverage of the earthquake in Nepal with complaints in the social media that it was treating the tragedy as a “public relations exercise” on behalf of the Indian government. As Nepal picks up the pieces in the…

Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma campaign for donations for Nepal

Bollywood celebrities Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Preity Zinta are fronting a campaign, launched on Wednesday by media and entertainment conglomerate Star India in association with NGO CARE India, to collect donations for quake-hit Nepal. They are driving a nationwide public service campaign 'Ek Padosi hi Padosi ke Kaam Aata Hai' (only a…

How to help earthquake victims in Nepal

A massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 2,500 in the country and dozens more in surrounding nations. Seventeen people also died following an avalanche on Mount Everest that was prompted by the quake. Several buildings collapsed in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, including the historic Dharaharatower. The poor quality of buildings in…