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- CTV News
Several feared dead in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in India
BENGALURU, India — Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede on Wednesday outside a cricket stadium in southern India. The incident happened as thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, which is the world's most popular T20 cricket tournament. The Times of India newspaper reported at least seven people had died in the crush. Local TV news channels showed visuals of police shifting the injured persons and those who fell unconscious to ambulances. There was no immediate comment from the authorities. The Associated Press
Arab News
26-05-2025
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- Arab News
India rushes to contain oil spill as vessel sinks off Kerala coast
KOCHI/BENGALURU: Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the Arabian Sea and releasing 100 cargo containers into the water. The Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA3 ship was traveling from Vizhinjam on India's southern tip to Kochi when it capsized about 38 nautical miles off Kerala on Saturday, officials said, adding that all 24 crew members had been rescued. The entire ship has since been 'submerged,' the Kerala chief minister's office said in a statement on Sunday without elaborating on the cause of the incident. 'The Coast Guard is taking steps to block the oil with two ships. A Dornier aircraft is also being used to spray oil-destroying powder on the oil slick,' the statement said. The vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with 'hazardous cargo' and 12 with calcium carbide, the Indian coast guard said, without disclosing the contents of the containers that fell into the sea. Cyprus-based MSC Shipmanagement, which owns the vessel, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Kerala coast has been put on high alert, with local coastal bodies instructed not to touch or go near the containers — some of which began washing up on beaches on Monday — and fishermen advised not to venture into the sea. Authorities in the state's Kollam region have encouraged people living nearby to move to safer places. Accidental oil spills in the ocean can have far-reaching effects, putting marine ecosystems to the local fishing industry at risk. The collision of a BW LPG vessel and a local ship carrying heavy fuel oil caused a similar oil spill in 2017 near the southern city of Chennai, which harmed aquatic life and affected the livelihood of thousands of fishermen.
South China Morning Post
26-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Ship sinks off India's coast, spilling oil and cargo containers
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the Arabian Sea and releasing 100 cargo containers into the water. The Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA3 ship was travelling from Vizhinjam on India 's southern tip to Kochi when it capsized about 38 nautical miles (70km) off Kerala on Saturday, officials said, adding that all 24 crew members had been rescued. The entire ship has since been 'submerged', the Kerala chief minister's office said in a statement on Sunday without elaborating on the cause of the incident. 'The Coast Guard is taking steps to block the oil with two ships. A Dornier aircraft is also being used to spray oil-destroying powder on the oil slick,' the statement said. Crew members of the Liberian-flagged container ship are seen after being rescued off the Kerala coast on Sunday. Photo: Indian Defence Public Relations Office of Mumbai / AFP The vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with 'hazardous cargo' and 12 with calcium carbide, the Indian coastguard said, without disclosing the contents of the containers that fell into the sea.
Reuters
24-05-2025
- Climate
- Reuters
India's monsoon rains arrive eight days early, says weather bureau
MUMBAI, May 24 (Reuters) - Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Saturday, eight days earlier than usual, the weather office said, offering respite from a gruelling heat wave while boosting prospects for bumper harvests. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin to lash Kerala around June 1 before spreading nationwide by mid-July, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, corn, cotton, soybeans and sugarcane.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
India: Unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms disrupt life across cities
Four people have reportedly died, with more than a dozen injured in the capital Delhi and other neighbouring cities in the area according to local media, after a severe hailstorm hit the city on Wednesday. The powerful storm uprooted trees, triggered power outages and led to massive traffic snarls due to waterlogging on the streets. Similar scenes were reported from India's financial capital Mumbai where pre-monsoon showers led to flooding in parts of the city. India's weather agency has warned that "heavy to very heavy rainfall" is likely over India's western coast during next 6-7 days with rains and thunderstorms expected in almost a dozen states over the coming days, particularly in the southern part of the country. On Wednesday, nearly 50 flights at Delhi airport - one of the busiest in the country - were delayed and almost a dozen flights were diverted due to heavy showers, the Hindustan Times newspaper said quoting an airport onboard a flight operated by India's largest carrier Indigo to Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, had a particularly harrowing journey after the aircraft got stuck in the hailstorm. A video being circulated online shows many passengers screaming for help as the plane trembled violently due to strong turbulence. In a statement, the airline said the flight landed safely in Srinagar, but a picture of the aircraft's nose appearing to be damaged has been circulating online. The airline has not commented on the photo. Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro issued an advisory on X, warning commuters of potential delays due to trees and other debris falling on the tracks. In Mumbai, viral videos from the city's Andheri area, an affluent neighbourhood, showed plastic bags and other waste floating on the streets after the rains clogged up the social media users criticised authorities for poor waste management and the city's failing drainage this week, incessant rains brought Bengaluru, also known as India's Silicon Valley, to a halt. At least four people were killed in rain-related incidents. Videos from the city showed commuters wading through knee-deep water, with several cars stranded on waterlogged streets. In some parts of the city, water had also entered the homes of people. India receives 80% of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which usually starts from June and continues until September. The monsoon is crucial for the livelihoods of many Indians, especially the country's farmers who rely on seasonal showers in the absence of irrigation in many parts of the country. But experts say climate change has made erratic weather, including unseasonal rains, flash floods and droughts linked to extreme heat a more regular phenomenon, upending the lives of BBC News India on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
