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Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Indian Coast Guard evacuates heart attack-stricken captain from foreign vessel at sea
Offering humanitarian aid at midnight, an Indian Coast Guard team evacuated a "heart attack-stricken captain" from a Bahamas-flagged vessel at sea, officials on Saturday said. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) shared this information in a post on X and also shared some photos. Also Read: Coast Guard rescues crew as Liberian cargo ship lists sharply off Kochi "In a midnight rescue operation @IndiaCoastGuard Station #Kakinada coordinated a life saving medical evacuation operation. #ICGS 430 swiftly sailed at 0110hrs on 30 May 25 and evacuated a heart attack-stricken captain from MV #SWBLY a #Bahamas Flag vessel," it said. Also Read: Coast Guard in 'highest level of readiness' The ICG further said that the patient has been shifted to a hospital. "Patient safely brought to shore & shifted to #Apollo Hospitals #Kakinada #LifeSavingOps #WeProtect #SafeSeas," it said. Kakinada is a port city in Andhra Pradesh.
New Indian Express
12 hours ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Environmentalists demand full disclosure of hazardous waste leakages from MSC Elsa 3
Following the sinking of a Liberian cargo ship, MSC Elsa 3, off the Kerala coast, environmentalists are demanding immediate and transparent disclosure of the nature and quantity of the chemicals involved, as well as their impact on the coastal ecosystem and fisheries. They are also calling for urgent measures to protect marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of fisherfolk. Reports indicate that the sunken ship was carrying hazardous materials, including highly reactive calcium carbide, furnace oil, and diesel, which may have leaked into the sea, creating an oil slick. The global network of environmental group, Friends of the Earth (FoE), has expressed concern over the shipwreck of the Liberian cargo ship and the reported spillage of oil and hazardous chemicals off the Kerala coast. 'Reports indicate that floating containers are drifting toward the southern coasts, particularly Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari, raising serious environmental and livelihood concerns,' said Sarath Cheloor National Coordinator, FoE-India. According to the FoE assessments, the sunken commercial ship was carrying 640 containers at the time of the incident, including 13 containers with hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide. The ship was also carrying 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tonnes of furnace oil, which may have leaked into the sea, creating an oil slick.
New Indian Express
18 hours ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Nurdle 'invasion' triggers ecological, economic concerns along Kerala's coastline
A disaster at sea has turned into a catastrophe on land for Kerala's coastal communities. Since the Liberian ship MSC ELSA 3 sank off the coast on May 24, tonnes of debris have been washing ashore. For the fishing hamlets along Thiruvananthapuram's coast, already battered by climate change and sea fury, the wreck has brought fresh hardship. And uncertainty. Besides shattered containers, plastic nurdles, which are used to make a wide range of products, now blanket the shoreline. At Valiya Veli near Thumba, 60-year-old fisherman Titus A says the waves pushed debris all the way into his front yard. 'All I could do was watch helplessly,' he shrugs. 'I live with a family of seven and have two grandchildren. We are scared of the remains of a shattered container, which is lying close to my house. Soon the waves will push it to my house.' The fishing community, already grappling with reduced fishing days due to rough weather, now fears a long-term environmental and economic fallout. 'Besides some visits by the officials, nothing has been done to clear the debris,' says Titus.
Saudi Gazette
a day ago
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Plane carrying Liberian president involved in landing scare
MONROVIA — Flights were temporarily disrupted at Liberia main airport on Thursday night after a private jet carrying President Joseph Boakai almost crashed while landing. Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, causing a rough landing, airport authorities said. The incident, which sparked panic at the airport, forced the cancellation of all scheduled flights for the night, local media reported. President Boakai, who was returning from a trip in Nigeria with his entourage, was safely evacuated unharmed, as authorities announced an investigation. Photos of the stalled jet at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) circulated on social media, triggering concerns about the president's safety. Local media, citing airport authorities, said one of the plane's tyres had burst upon landing leaving it stranded on the a statement, the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) confirmed the "unfortunate near-accident situation" involving the presidential authority dismissed reports suggesting that the incident was caused by poor runway conditions."The runway infrastructure remains fully compliant with international aviation safety standards," the LAA aircraft has since been removed from the runway and normal operations have resumed at the airport, the authorities said."At this stage, investigation to establish the actual cause of the incident is ongoing, and the airport authority will keep the public informed," the LAA Liberian presidency is yet to comment on the incident but it shared photos of Boakai arriving at the airport, where he briefly spoke to journalists without mentioning the plane had gone to Nigeria to attend the 50th anniversary of the regional Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). — BBC
IOL News
a day ago
- IOL News
The peasants are revolting; know your place meddling woman or lose your head! and a murdering president
Charles Taylor Ex Liberian president, warlord and war criminal in court awaits his fate. What happened on this day in history: May 30 1381 England's Peasants' Revolt begins. Also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion, it was the first great popular rebellion in English history. Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century. 1431 Unjustly condemned, French heroine Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake by the English. 1536 England's King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives. Married the day after the execution of Anne Boleyn, Seymour's only known involvement in national affairs was met with a blunt reminder of the fate that her predecessor met when she 'meddled in his affairs'. 1806 Future US president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy. 1815 The British troopship Arniston is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans (Arniston) after the captain mistakes Cape Agulhas for Cape Point, and heads north for St Helena thinking he has rounded the Cape. The ship grounds. 1883 A stampede on New York's Brooklyn Bridge, caused by a rumour it was going to collapse, kills 12 people. 1899 Wild West outlaw Pearl Hart (1871–1955) holds up a stage coach in Arizona. It is one of the last stagecoach robberies in the Old West. 1900 Lady Violet Cecil writes to Britain's Lord Salisbury on conditions in Bloemfontein, noting: 'Far more have been killed in our hospitals than by Boer bullets... Men are dying by the hundreds who could easily be saved.' 1942 Japanese submarines shell naval bases in Australia and Madagascar. 1967 Daredevil Robert 'Evel' Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars in Gardena, California. 1972 Members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre near Tel Aviv in Israel, killing 24 people and injuring 78. 2012 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in jail for war crimes. 2017 A suicide bomb in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul, Afghanistan, kills more than 150 people and injures 400. 2024 Vermont becomes the first US state to pass a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by climate change. DAILY NEWS
