Incidentally, these drone interventions by China came within a week of the joint Coast Guard training exercises organised by Vietnam and the Philippines.
The exercise on Friday is the first such joint activity between the coast guards of the two countries amid ongoing territorial disputes with each other and, more significantly with China, which claims almost the entire South China Sea as its own.
At 1400 hrs on August 6, the Assistant Director of Fisheries, Chennai, informed Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Chennai regarding a medical emergency on board IFB Sengalamman which had set out from Chennai for fishing with 12 crew members on-board.
In a move to strengthen maritime cooperation, the coast guards of the Philippines and Vietnam will conduct their first-ever joint exercises this August 9.
Two warships from the Philippines and Japan each, for the first time ever, conducted a joint exercise in the contested waters. Meanwhile, a Vietnamese Coast Guard vessel is on its way to the Philippines for a joint training exercise, in a first such exercise between the two countries.
During their morning combing operation along the river banks from Mundakai to Soochipara, the ICG search team sighted three individuals stranded near the waterfalls. The presence of the survivors was immediately reported to the control centre at Mepadi.
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council on Thursday said that Taiwan and China had arrived at a consensus on compensation to the families of two Chinese fishermen who died after the fishing boat they were on trespassed into Taiwanese waters off Kinmen islands in February this year and resisted ins
The two-day Conclave, scheduled for August 01-02, is themed 'Towards an Inclusive Approach'. It features a series of brainstorming and plenary sessions, along with lectures on holistic living, stress management through Ayurveda, meditation and Yoga, IT, health, HR, and leadership
In the wake of heavy rains and cloudbursts in the state of Himachal Pradesh, the Indian Army, Coast Guards, state administration, fire station, NDRF, and SDRF have deployed teams to carry out rescue operations.
NDRF DIG Mohsen Shahidi said that over 200 deaths have been declared and bodies were being recovered on Thursday following the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad.
The Indian Army has ramped up its rescue operations in Kerala's Wayanad following devastating landslides, successfully evacuating more than 1,000 people from affected areas to safety. As of Wednesday morning, the bodies of around 70 victims have been recovered.
After rescuing 14 mariners off the Raigad coast, the Indian Coast Guard's Regional Commander (West) Inspector General Bhisham Sharma on Friday said that there is no threat to the marine environment and the Coast Guard is monitoring the situation very closely.