Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shoor, an offshore patrol vessel, made a port call at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday, an official statement said. The ship is on a goodwill visit to Abu Dhabi from February 15 to 21, reinforcing the deep-rooted maritime partnership between India and the UAE, it … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a major anti-narcotics operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) seized a vessel with six Myanmarese crew carrying 6,000 kg of contraband Methamphetamine near Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an official said on Monday. The drugs were found packed in around 3,000 packets of 2 kg each, which are … Read more
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, including records related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Teixeira, 22, was sentenced by US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty to perpetrating what US prosecutors call “one of the … Read more
The Iranian fishing vessel, which was intercepted by the Coast Guard off the Kerala coast, was subsequently brought to Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Coast Guard detained an Iranian fishing vessel with six fishermen from Kanyakumari on board west of Beypore in north Kerala on Sunday. The vessel was subsequently brought to Kochi … Read more
Representational image of Indian Coast Guard women personnel at an event in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The Supreme Court on Monday came down hard on the Centre and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) for denial of permanent commission to its women officers and said the maritime force must come up with a … Read more
A 42-year-old home guard, identified as Vijayakumar D., died on duty at Doddabele junction near Kengeri after a truck ran over him. An FIR has been registered at Kengeri traffic police station. The home guard was diverting traffic at the junction when the overspeeding truck hit him, said the police. The home guard succumbed to … Read more
After a gap, masks are returning to schools in the wake of spread of communicable diseases in recent days. Students coming to schools with symptoms of influenza should wear masks. These should be worn even if the symptoms are mild, according to a circular issued by the Director of General Education in the wake of … Read more
The derailment of the BJP government in the State following the electoral debacle in the Assembly elections has put a question mark on a slew of pending railway projects, which were to be taken up on a cost-sharing basis between the Centre and the State. And at a time when the Congress has to mop … Read more
April 14, 2022 – Two widely used and environmentally safe tick control measures may slash the number of bloodthirsty bugs in your neighborhood, but they won’t reduce your chances of contracting Lyme disease, researchers have found. The results of a 4-year study, which appears in the May 2022 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, showed a … Read more