KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The death toll from Friday night’s earthquake in western Nepal has climbed to 143. The earthquake of magnitude 6.4 had jolted Jajarkot at 11:47 PM on Friday night, severely affecting the remote hill district as well as neighboring Rukum West. The shallow quake with its epicenter located at Ramidanda of Barekot Rural Municipality in Jajarkot was felt as far as the federal capital Kathmandu and even 600 kilometers away in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma on Saturday urged media persons to understand the importance and sensitivity of the information dissemination during the time of disasters.
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