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ONGC awards contracts for developmental projects in East Coast
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) mega deepwater development initiative for the integrated development of KG-DWN-98/2 (Cluster-2) Project in East Coast of India took a leap forward with the award of a major work package - SPS + SURF (Subsea Production S
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5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky [Russia], Oct 4 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday, the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) said.
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Vietnam Coast Guard ship arrives at Chennai port
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Oct 2 (ANI): Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) ship CSB 8001, on its maiden visit to India, arrived at Chennai port as a part of an international cooperative effort with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
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Invasive plants may boost blue carbon storage
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 1 (ANI): When invasive species enter the picture, things are rarely black and white. A new paper has revealed that some plant invaders could help fight climate change by making it easier for ecosystems to store "blue carbon"- the carbon stored in coastal environment
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Tsunami and earthquake in Indonesia kill over 400
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Palu [Indonesia], Sep 30 (ANI): The death toll from the tsunami off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has reached 405. The 10 feet waves were caused by a powerfull 7.5 magnitude earthquake that jolted the region on Friday. Scores of buildings got collapsed, rendering as many as 350,000 pe
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Usain Bolt feels he is 'improving' in football
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 27 (ANI): Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who recently joined A-League club Central Coast Mariners to pursue his dream of playing football, has said that his touch in the game is getting better and he feels like he is steadily improving in football.
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Portugal: Centuries-old shipwreck found near Lisbon
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 23 (ANI): Archeologists have found a centuries-old shipwreck off Portugal's coast near Lisbon, a local authority said on Saturday.
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Ocean acidification may reduce sea scallop fisheries
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 23 (ANI): Turns out, each year, fishermen harvest more than USD 500 million worth of Atlantic sea scallops from the waters off the east coast which might be affected by ocean acidification.
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Hurricane Florence: Emergency declared in Washington DC
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 12 (ANI): Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington DC on Tuesday declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Florence prepares to make landfall in the southeastern coast of the United States.
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Hurricane Florence: South Carolina resident asked to evacuate coast
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Columbia (South Carolina) [U.S.A.], Sep 11 (ANI): The residents of South Carolina have been ordered to evacuate from the coast as category-4 Hurricane Florence approaches.
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Libya: Over 100 dead in September shipwrecks
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Sep 11 (ANI): More than 100 people, including 20 children died in early September when two rubber boats carrying scores of people wrecked off the coast of Libya.
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Japanese Coast Guard delegation visits India to deepen maritime relation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): An eight-member Japanese Coast Guard delegation on Monday visited the Coast Guard Regional Headquarters at Mumbai's Worli with an aim to strengthen ties between the Coast Guards of two maritime countries for better coordination, and joint operation
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