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Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif postponed his planned Turkey visit as the earthquake-hit country refuses to host him amid countrywide relief operations

NDRF teams reached Gaziantep region in Turkey, the epicentre of the devastating earthquake, and began rescue and relief operations

While reporting on India's efforts to assist Turkey, several media houses reported that Pakistan denied airspace to India.

The international community has been quick to offer assistance to Turkey and Syria as the full scale of the disaster becomes clear, reported CNN.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said that PM Modi became tearful while referring to the Turkey earthquake as he has witnessed the 2001 Gujarat earthquake firsthand

The PM's office has announced in a press release that 2 NDRF teams with 50 personnel each with trained dog squads for rescue operations, relief materials and necessary equipment will be immediately despatched to Turkey. In addition, medical teams with trained doctors, paramedics and essential medicines will be sent too.

United States Geological Survey has shared that a later quake measured at 6.7 on the Richter Scale was registered an hour later in Central Turkey.

Pro-Pakistan or pro-China groups are often responsible for spreading disinformation targeting India in the Gulf region as these groups seek to undermine India's relations with the Gulf countries. Disinformation often includes false claims about India's human rights record, its treatment of minorities, and its foreign policy.

On Friday, Turkish officials summoned Ambassador Staffan Herrstrom to the Foreign Ministry to condemn the Quran burning protest calling it a 'hate crime’ and ‘provocation.’ 

Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the nominal eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, was buried at Makka Mosque in Hyderabad after he died in Turkey