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20 Indians kidnapped last month from Nigeria coast released, 1 dead in cap
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Jan 19 (ANI): The Indian Mission in Nigeria on Sunday said that 20 seafarers who were kidnapped by pirates last month near the Nigerian coast have been released but one of them lost his life due to adverse conditions in captivity.
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India launches world's first biometric-based ID for seafarers
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), capturing the facial biometric data of seafarers.
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Goa MP thanks Gadkari for dropping SSC as mandatory qualification for issu
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of Parliament from South Goa Narendra Keshav Sawaikar on Wednesday thanked Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari for approving the omission of SSC as a mandatory qualification for issuing Continuous Dischar
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Employment of Indian seafarers grows by 35 pc
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The shipping sector has witnessed a growth of 35 per cent in the number of Indian seafarers employed on Indian or foreign flag vessels this year, the government said on Monday.
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Remarkable growth of 42.3 pc in seafarer jobs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): India provides 9.35 per cent of seafarers globally and ranks third in the list of largest seafarer supplying nation to world maritime industry, the government said on Friday.
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Guidelines for Women Seafarers Employment launched by International Women
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (NewsVoir): The policy guidelines for women seafarers employment made by IWSF was released across the world for the first time ever by DG shipping Dr. Malini V. Shankar, IAS, Director General of Shipping and Secretary to Government of India at "Vision Connect - Mumba
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IWSF organizes "Vision Connect - Chennai 2018"
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 24 (NewsVoir): International Women Seafarers Foundation (IWSF) organised "Vision Connect-Chennai 2018" in Chennai to connect the maritime industry with lady seafarers.
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Cabinet approves India, Korea mutual recognition of certificates for seafa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.28 (ANI): The cabinet has given its approval for signing of an Undertaking between India and Korea on mutual recognition of certificates.
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