The vessel, named RV Sindhu Sadhana had been adrift view engine failure at a speed of 03 knots and was approximately 20 nautical miles from the land when the distress signal was received.
Coral experts told CNN that multiple reefs around the Florida Keys are now completely bleached or dead in a grim escalation that took place in as little as two weeks.
"As decided by District Administration, other senior officials and as briefed by Minister Uday Samant, the rescue operations at Raigad have been called off and closed. Details of missing and the deceased can be obtained from the administration," NDRF said.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday rescued three people, including a pregnant woman, after they were trapped in Gujarat's Mocha village due to water logging.
"The boy has been rescued and is doing fine. He was rushed to a hospital. It took us about 5 hours to pull him out alive," Ranjeet Kumar, an NDRF officer, said.
Amid incessant rains hitting several parts of Gujarat, the National Defence Response Forces (NDRF) team on Saturday conducted a rescue operation in the Junagadh district of the region.
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has rescued all the students who were trapped in the Kasturba Inter College in the Uttarkashi district due to heavy debris, said officials.