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Indian Navy commander, captain win Asian of The Year award for Kerala flood rescue
An Indian Navy commander and a captain were among those honoured at the 'Asian of The Year' awards here on Wednesday, acknowledging their selfless service and bravery in rescue operations during the devastating floods in Kerala. Commander (Pilot) Vijay Varma and Captain (Pilot) P Rajkumar were honoured for their death-defying rescue flying during the floods earlier this year. Commander Varma, 42, who was widely praised for leading the rescue in a district of the port city of Kochi, winched up a heavily pregnant woman who gave birth just after being airlifted to safety. Captain Rajkumar, 54, winched 26 people up from a rooftop in Kochi while hovering between trees and other houses just two days after receiving a medal for saving a fisherman last year. A video of his Sea King helicopter pulling up a wheelchair-bound pregnant woman was widely shared on social media. Rajkumar ended up with 32 people on board. Together with dozens of helicopters, Indian Navy pilots undertook high-risk ...
Over 2 dozen passengers injured as bus rams into stationary truck
Over two dozen passengers were injured when a bus rammed into a stationary truck near Sihapar Bridge in Sahjanwa area here Wednesday, police said. The bus was on its way to Nepal from Delhi, said SHO S P Singh. The accident took place at around 5 am when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle and rammed into a truck, he said. The injured persons were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Indoco Remedies commissions new API manufacturing facility at Patalganga
This new cGMP compliant facility will enhance the existing manufacturing capacity from 150 tons to 600 tons p.a. Major highlights of the facility include, solvent recovery system, automation, energy conservation and Zero Liquid Discharge Effluent Treatment facility. Emphasis on process safety and plant safety has been given by incorporating sophisticated safety devices.
Doomed Lion Air jet was 'not airworthy' on penultimate flight
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, investigators said on Wednesday.
Storms, heavy rains cause chaos, flooding in Sydney
Heavy rains pounded Sydney and its suburbs on Wednesday, triggering floods which have left at least two people dead as well as causing commuter chaos and leaving thousands without electricity.
IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana; pilot ejects safely
A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in neighbouring Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district Wednesday, a defence release said. However, the trainee pilot ejected safely, it said, adding the accident occurred at around 11.45 AM. "A Kiran Aircraft which took off from Air Force Station in Hakimpet on a routine training mission crashed today morning. The trainee pilot ejected safely," the release said. A Court of Inquiry (CoI) will investigate the cause of accident, it added. On November 21, a trainer aircraft of the city-based Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy crashed into an agriculture field in Mokila area near here resulting in minor injuries to the trainee pilot. An IAF Kiran aircraft which was on a routine training mission crashed near the city in November last year too.
Huge fire in Pune slum, many shanties gutted
Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that engulfed a slum pocket in Pune's Shivaji Nagar area Wednesday but no casualty was reported in the mishap, officials said. The blaze erupted in the Patil Estate slum adjacent to the old Pune-Mumbai Highway at around 1 PM, fire brigade officials said, adding that it spread rapidly due to explosion of LPG cylinders. People rushed to safety as the fire raged, they said. Officials said the highway was closed for vehicular movement for some hours due to the fire. "The fire spread rapidly due to explosion of LPG cylinders. Over 60 shanties gutted in the fire. No casualties are reported as people rushed to a secured area," a fire brigade official said. The flames were put out completely after more than two hours with the help of 30 fire tenders, he said, adding that the cooling operation is on at the location. The exact cause of the incident is not known immediately.
Corrected - Doomed Lion Air jet was 'not airworthy' on penultimate flight
By Cindy Silviana and Fergus Jensen
Countdown for Indian rocket's launch progressing smoothly
The countdown for the Thursday morning launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with 31 satellites is progressing smoothly, said the space agency.
In eastern DR Congo, 19 die of Ebola in five days
The deadly Ebola outbreak which has ravaged eastern DR Congo for nearly four months has claimed another 19 lives in just five days, the health ministry has said. The outbreak, which began on August 1, has now killed 241 people, the ministry said in a statement late Tuesday. "There have been 241 deaths," the ministry said in an update correct to November 26, indicating there had been a total of 421 cases -- 374 of them confirmed, and another 47 probable. Another 74 suspected cases are under investigation. The outbreak is the tenth in DR Congo since Ebola was first detected there in 1976. The crisis is centred around the restive eastern city of Beni in North Kivu, a region which has been blighted by armed conflict which has hampered efforts to curb the outbreak. Ebola is a serious infectious disease that can spread rapidly through small amounts of bodily fluid, causing internal bleeding and potentially death. DR Congo is in the throes of a major campaign ahead of a December 23 election .
200 agitating nurses held, released later
Around 200 agitating nurses were arrested from two state-run medical college and hospitals of Assam on Wednesday, the third day of their strike, only to be released later, officials said. The nurses under the banner of All Assam Nurses' Association (AANA) were on strike in two hospitals since Monday to press for their demands including alleged pay anomalies. The authorities imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in the premises of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) on Wednesday morning, official sources said. When the agitating AANA members in their nurses' uniform assembled in front of the two hospitals and started raising slogans, around 100 nurses from each of the hospitals were arrested, the sources said. The nurses of the GMCH were taken away in buses to a temporary jail set up in the 4th Assam Police Battalion Headquarters at Kahilipara area of Guwahati and were released later, police ...
Fossilized baby dinosaurs reveal cause of mysterious death
Why did a group of 39 juvenile dinosaurs die together around 125 million years ago? A dinosaur fossil on display in the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning province can reveal the secret.
Pune: Fire breaks out in slum area
A fire broke out in a slum area at Patil Estate Lane no 3 near Shivajinagar here on Wednesday afternoon.Fire tenders were rushed to the spot immediately.No causalities have been reported so far.This is the second such incident to have taken place in Maharashtra this week.On Tuesday, three people, including a fire officer, were injured after a fire broke out in a slum at Shastri Nagar area in Mumbai.
Explosion near chemical plant in China kills 22
A truck carrying hazardous chemicals exploded outside a chemical plant in China's northern Hebei province on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and leaving as many others injured, the second major industrial disaster in the country in the last four days. The blast occurred outside the Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry in Zhangjiakou, Qiaodong district around 12:40 am, igniting a fire that engulfed nearby vehicles, the officials were quoted as saying by thepaper.cn, a Shanghai-based website. An industrial safety official, identified only as Wu, said that one of the trucks lined up outside the plant to deliver chemicals had exploded, setting off a chain reaction that engulfed other trucks. Chinese news reports, and images from the scene, indicated that a fiery explosion near the plant had set around 50 vehicles ablaze, including dozens of trucks, and sent a dark plume of smoke into the night sky. The fire has now been contained, and a search operation is underway, authorities said. ...
Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal crash, Indonesia says
A crashed Lion Air jet should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem before its fatal journey, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, as details from the new jet's flight data recorder suggested that pilots struggled to control its anti-stalling system. The preliminary crash report from Indonesia's transport safety agency also took aim at the budget carrier's poor safety culture, but did not pinpoint a definitive cause of the October 29 accident, which killed all 189 people on board. A final report is not likely to be filed until next year. The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea moments after pilots had asked to return to the capital. Investigators said Lion Air kept putting the plane back into service despite repeatedly failing to fix a problem with the airspeed indicator, including on its second-last flight from Bali to Jakarta. "The plane was no longer airworthy and it should not have kept ...
Doomed Lion Air jet was "not airworthy" on penultimate flight
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, investigators said on Wednesday.
IAF trainer aircraft crashes in TL, pilot escapes with minor
A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in neighbouring Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district Wednesday, police said. However, the trainee pilot ejected safely. The aircraft which took off from Hakimpet Air Force Station crashed in an open area at around 11.45 am, they said adding that the flying cadet escaped with minor injuries on his leg. On November 21, a training aircraft of thecity-based Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academycrashedinto an agriculture field in Mokila area near here resulting in minor injuries to the trainee pilot.
Bus from Nepal hits truck in UP, two die
Two persons were killed and two dozen injured in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district on Wednesday when a passenger bus coming from Nepal and headed to New Delhi was hit by a speeding truck, police said.
Northeast Australia faces unprecedented wildfire danger
Large swaths of northeast Australia endured unprecedented fire danger on Wednesday with 138 wildfires across Queensland state forcing schools to be closed and thousands of homes to be evacuated, officials said. The fire danger was rated catastrophic in areas of central Queensland, the first time the highest danger rating had been applied to the state, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. She said 34 schools had been closed in the most threatened regions. She warned families not to go out, to keep together and prepare to leave if needed. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll said homes had been destroyed since Saturday in areas where the fire danger remained too high for teams to enter and assess damage. She expected that fewer than 10 homes had been lost so far. High winds, dry air and severe heatwave conditions were combining to make the fire danger extreme, with 138 blazes raging by late Wednesday, Carroll said. "Thunderstorms are going ...
Lion Air jet was "not airworthy" on flight before crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea last month was not in an airworthy condition even on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, Indonesian investigators said on Wednesday.