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In This Odisha Village, Coastal Erosion Forces People To Abandon Homes
The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her doorstep.
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India, Maldives, Sri Lanka Hold 'Dosti' Exercises In Indian Ocean
Seeking to enhance maritime security and interoperability, coast guard personnel from India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka have embarked on a four-day trilateral exercise to identify emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.
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500,000 People Once Lived In A Vast Submerged Region Near Australia, Study Finds
An area of land north of modern Australia that was submerged thousands of years ago by rising seas once hosted as many as 500,000 people, a new study has revealed.
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Drone Strikes Ship With 20 Indians Off Gujarat, Coast Guard Makes Contact
A drone strike caused an explosion and fire on a merchant ship in the Indian Ocean on Saturday but no casualties were reported, a maritime agency said.
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What Makes Cyclone Freddy An Exceptional Storm
Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing the Indian Ocean, may be enshrined in the history books as the longest ever documented, meteorologists say.
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Exclusive: India "Tracking" China Spy Ship Ahead Of Missile Launch
The Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang VI has now crossed into the Indian Ocean and is reported to be sailing off the coast of Bali.
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20 Bangladeshi Fishermen, Stranded At Sea, Rescued By Indian Coast Guard
A group of 20 Bangladeshi fishermen was rescued by the coast guard in the Indian Ocean post-landfall of Cyclone Sitrang on Tuesday.
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Watch: Jellyfish Swarm Israel's Coast, Climate Change Blamed
A mesmerising aerial video has captured a huge swarm of jellyfish off the coast of Israel. The marine authorities were inspecting the waters of Haifa Bay during the annual jellyfish migration when its boat was surrounded by the jellyfish swarm.
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Chinese Long March 5B Rocket Falls to Earth, NASA Says Beijing Failed to Share Trajectory Information
The Chinese rocket Long March 5B fell back to Earth on Saturday, while social media users in Malaysia shared a video of what appeared to be rocket debris falling from the sky. According to NASA, the rocket had re-entered over the Indian Ocean, but said that China had failed to share "specific trajectory information" and referred questions about "re...
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Tsunami Warning In Indian Ocean Region After Quake Off East Timor Coast
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, although there were no immediate reports of damage.
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India, Sri Lanka, Maldives Conduct Joint Exercise On Maritime Security
A two-day trilateral maritime drill conducted by the coast guards of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to bolster security in the Indian Ocean, enhance mutual operational capability and exercise interoperability between these three countries.
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Indian Coast Guard Rushes To Help Container Ship On Fire In Indian Ocean
The Indian Coast Guard on Friday deployed its ship and aircraft to provide assistance to container ship MSC Messina, which is on fire in the Indian Ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait.
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Blog: Killer Waves, Nuclear Plant Cooking Off - Covering The Japan Tsunami
The word tsunami had entered the lexicon of journalists in newsrooms around the world after the December 2004 Indian Ocean tragedy, and on 11 March 2011, when news broke of tsunami waves striking the coast of east Japan, there was a sense that this had the potential of becoming a major crisis.
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Sri Lanka Navy Says No Real Risk Of Spill After Oil Tanker Fire
There is no real risk of a spill from a fully loaded supertanker that caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka, a senior official in the Indian Ocean nation's navy said on Friday.
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Fire On India-Bound Supertanker Off Sri Lanka Brought Under Control
A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, a spokesman for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was injured.
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In This Odisha Village, Coastal Erosion Forces People To Abandon Homes
The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her doorstep.
-
India, Maldives, Sri Lanka Hold 'Dosti' Exercises In Indian Ocean
Seeking to enhance maritime security and interoperability, coast guard personnel from India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka have embarked on a four-day trilateral exercise to identify emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.
-
500,000 People Once Lived In A Vast Submerged Region Near Australia, Study Finds
An area of land north of modern Australia that was submerged thousands of years ago by rising seas once hosted as many as 500,000 people, a new study has revealed.
-
Drone Strikes Ship With 20 Indians Off Gujarat, Coast Guard Makes Contact
A drone strike caused an explosion and fire on a merchant ship in the Indian Ocean on Saturday but no casualties were reported, a maritime agency said.
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What Makes Cyclone Freddy An Exceptional Storm
Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing the Indian Ocean, may be enshrined in the history books as the longest ever documented, meteorologists say.
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Exclusive: India "Tracking" China Spy Ship Ahead Of Missile Launch
The Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang VI has now crossed into the Indian Ocean and is reported to be sailing off the coast of Bali.
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20 Bangladeshi Fishermen, Stranded At Sea, Rescued By Indian Coast Guard
A group of 20 Bangladeshi fishermen was rescued by the coast guard in the Indian Ocean post-landfall of Cyclone Sitrang on Tuesday.
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Watch: Jellyfish Swarm Israel's Coast, Climate Change Blamed
A mesmerising aerial video has captured a huge swarm of jellyfish off the coast of Israel. The marine authorities were inspecting the waters of Haifa Bay during the annual jellyfish migration when its boat was surrounded by the jellyfish swarm.
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Chinese Long March 5B Rocket Falls to Earth, NASA Says Beijing Failed to Share Trajectory Information
The Chinese rocket Long March 5B fell back to Earth on Saturday, while social media users in Malaysia shared a video of what appeared to be rocket debris falling from the sky. According to NASA, the rocket had re-entered over the Indian Ocean, but said that China had failed to share "specific trajectory information" and referred questions about "re...
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Tsunami Warning In Indian Ocean Region After Quake Off East Timor Coast
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, although there were no immediate reports of damage.
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India, Sri Lanka, Maldives Conduct Joint Exercise On Maritime Security
A two-day trilateral maritime drill conducted by the coast guards of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to bolster security in the Indian Ocean, enhance mutual operational capability and exercise interoperability between these three countries.
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Indian Coast Guard Rushes To Help Container Ship On Fire In Indian Ocean
The Indian Coast Guard on Friday deployed its ship and aircraft to provide assistance to container ship MSC Messina, which is on fire in the Indian Ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait.
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Blog: Killer Waves, Nuclear Plant Cooking Off - Covering The Japan Tsunami
The word tsunami had entered the lexicon of journalists in newsrooms around the world after the December 2004 Indian Ocean tragedy, and on 11 March 2011, when news broke of tsunami waves striking the coast of east Japan, there was a sense that this had the potential of becoming a major crisis.
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Sri Lanka Navy Says No Real Risk Of Spill After Oil Tanker Fire
There is no real risk of a spill from a fully loaded supertanker that caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka, a senior official in the Indian Ocean nation's navy said on Friday.
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Fire On India-Bound Supertanker Off Sri Lanka Brought Under Control
A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, a spokesman for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was injured.
