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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   It took Modi minutes to help neighbouring Nepal after earthquake   
      
   By Agency Staff   
   Business Day Live   
   bdlive.co.za   
   Saturday, April 25, 2015   
      
   It took Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi less than 15   
   minutes to swing into action to help neighbouring Nepal,   
   after the worst earthquake in 80 years killed at least   
   857 people in the landlocked Himalayan state.   
      
   "News has come in about an earthquake in Nepal," Mr Modi   
   tweeted soon after the quake. "We are in the process of   
   finding out more information and are working to reach out   
   to those affected, both at home and in Nepal."   
      
   India dispatched a military plane and disaster management   
   personnel to Nepal, air force spokesman SS Birdi said by   
   phone. The swift response may ease pressure on Mr Modi as   
   he battles criticism at home on inadequate compensation   
   for crop damage after unseasonal rains and faces   
   rehabilitation work following a cyclone last week that   
   killed as many as 50 people in Bihar, one of India’s   
   poorest states.   
      
   Mr Modi has made South Asia a policy focus since taking   
   power last May. He invited heads of neighbouring nations   
   to his inauguration and, most recently, India sent   
   special equipment to Nepal after a plane skidded last   
   month and blocked the runway. . . .   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/asia/2015/04/25/it-took-modi-minut   
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