Page 44 - Disaster Accident
US, Russian warships 'nearly collide' in Pacific
The warships of the United States and Russia came close to a collision in the Pacific, with the two countries blaming each other for the incident.According to two opposing accounts, the US and Russian warships came somewhere between 50 feet and 165 feet of each other, with both sides alleging that their ships were forced to perform "emergency manoeuvers" to dodge the mishap, CNN reported."A Russian destroyer made an unsafe manoeuvre against USS Chancellorsville, closing to 50-100 feet, putting the safety of her crew and ship at risk," US Navy spokesperson Commander Clayton Doss told CNN in a statement."This unsafe action forced Chancellorsville to execute all engines back full and to manoeuvre to avoid the collision," Doss added.However, Russia's Pacific Fleet claimed that it was the US warship which "changed its direction" that resulted in the near-collision incident, according to state-run RIA-Novosti news agency."When moving (on) parallel courses of a detachment of ships of the ...
Real Madrid sign Eden Hazard for five years
Real Madrid have agreed on a deal to sign Chelsea forward Eden Hazard for a five-year term.Hazard will join Real Madrid for the next five seasons until June 30, 2024, a statement from the club said.Real Madrid said that Hazard will be officially presented on June 13 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, after undergoing a medical with the club.The 28-year-old Belgian leaves Chelsea after the club won the Europa League title last month, defeating Arsenal 4-1 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hazard had scored two goals in that match.In his 352 appearances for Chelsea, Hazard netted 110 goals for the English club after joining from Lille in 2012.In Hazard's seven seasons with Chelsea, the team won several tournaments including Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.The Belgian has also been named Chelsea's 'Player of the Year' four times.
'91M Africans fall ill every year after consuming poor quality meals'
As many as 91 million people fall ill every year due to the consumption of poor quality food, said African Union Commission's deputy chairperson Thomas Kwesi Quartey on Friday."It is about time that food security was made a priority in Africa," Anadolu News Agency quoted him as saying at the African Union headquarters here marking World Food Safety Day which is being observed for the first time at a continental level.The event was attended by ambassadors from several countries, African Union leaders, African Union Commission staff members and other representatives of various organisations.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 600 million - almost 1 in 10 people in the world - fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year."A quarter of global deaths due to unsafe food consumption is in Africa," Egyptian Ambassador to the African Union Osama Mohamed Abdelkhalek said on the occasion.At least 137,000 people die every year, he added.According ..
New bus port to come up near Salem: CM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said the government will build a new bus port on 60 acres.
Gujarat: 9 killed, 5 injured as pickup van's brake fails
Nine people were killed while five others sustained injuries on Friday after the pickup van in which they were travelling met with an accident.Police said the brake of the vehicle failed near Ambaji's Trisulia Ghat here and hit the rock.The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital.Further details are awaited.
Boat carrying 38 capsizes in Pak; kills 3 sisters
Three sisters were drowned as a boat carrying 38 passengers capsized due to overloading in Pakistan's northwest region on Friday, police said. The boat with 38 passengers on board capsized at Kundal dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi district due to overloading. While three sisters drowned during the incident, rest of the passengers were rescued safely. "The rescue team safely rescued 35 passengers and later recovered the bodies of three sisters," police said. The bodies of those drowned were handed over to their relatives for burial. Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser and KPK local government minister Shahram Khan Tarkai, who belong to swabi district, expressed profound grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the incident.
Nine of a family killed in accident
Nine people, including eight women, of a family were killed and 27 injured near Ambaji temple town in North Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Friday evening when the brakes of the tourist bus they were travelling in failed, official sources said.
Five days on, no trace of missing AN-32 of IAF
There was no breakthrough in the search of the AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force that went missing with 13 persons on board with operations continuing for the fifth day on Friday amid inclement weather, officials said. IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh said despite inclement weather, the joint search operations by IAF, Army and local administrations were continued. "Search operations by helicopters, P-8I of the Indian Navy, besides C130J and ground parties of the Indian Army and locals were conducted but there was no sight of the aircraft," Singh said. He added that the search operations by helicopters were called off due to low lights and would resume Saturday morning. Ground teams of Indian Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police along with locals and district administration officials are searching areas around Siang district, official sources said. A senior IAF official said, P-8I of the Navy undertook a search mission from Arakonnam base on Friday morning. "The ...
Fire breaks out in Delhi building, 50 evacuated
Around 50 people were evacuated after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of Jeevan Deep building near Connaught Place here on Friday, the Delhi Fire Service said.
Five days on, no trace of missing Air Force plane AN-32
There was no breakthrough in the search of the AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force that went missing with 13 persons on board with operations continuing for the fifth day on Friday amid inclement weather, officials said. IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh said despite inclement weather, the joint search operations by IAF, Army and local administrations were continued. "Search operations by helicopters, P8i of the Indian Navy, besides C130J and ground parties of the Indian Army and locals were conducted but there was no sight of the aircraft," Singh said. He added that the search operations by helicopters were called off due to low lights and would resume Saturday morning. Ground teams of Indian Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police along with locals and district administration officials are searching areas around Siang district, official sources said. The search operation encompasses an area of about 2,500 square km which falls under Kaying and Payum circle of Siang ...
Heatwave likely to continue next week: IMD
Heatwave conditions are likely to continue in north and central India next week, the India Meteorological Department has said. The meteorological department has predicted a "severe heatwave" in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Vidarbha in Maharashtra from Saturday till Tuesday. "Heatwave conditions are likely to prevail over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh and south Uttar Pradesh on most of the days during (the next one) week," the IMD said. There is a likelihood of similar temperature to continue, especially after the subdued rainfall over major parts of India. It is likely that the severity of the heat over eastern India could also increase. Therefore, the heatwave zone could extend towards interior Odisha, north-coastal Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar during this period, the weather department said. The region in north India and central India have been witnessing intense heating, with the mercury soaring over 50 degrees in some places of ...
Stringent measures in place in Goa for food safety: Minister
The Goa government has put in place stringent measures to maintain food safety standards for the health of citizens, state minister Vishwajit Rane said on Friday. His statement comes hours after Goa was awarded one of the best performing states on the national food safety performance index. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan presented the award at a ceremony held in New Delhi on Friday. "I feel extremely proud to share that on World Food Safety Day, Goa has been awarded one of the best performing states based on national food safety performance index for the period April 2018 to March 2019," Rane said. "We are working continuously on our efforts to ensure food safety and make sure stringent measures are in place when it comes to the health of our citizens. Working for a progressive and healthy Goa," the state health minister added. "The state has put in place stringent measures to ensure that the food safety standards are maintained," he said.
Capsized lifeboat leaves three dead in French storm
Three rescuers from the French lifeboat service died Friday when their vessel capsized in rough seas caused by a giant storm pummelling the country's Atlantic. "In late morning, a boat from the SNSM capsized 800 metres from the coast around the Sables d'Olonne with seven people on board," the local prosecutor's offices said in a statement sent to AFP. Three of them died while four managed to swim to shore, the statement added. Three helicopters and around 60 firefighters were attempting to find the bodies of the rescuers near the site of the accident about 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the port of La Rochelle. The team from the National Society of Sea Rescue (SNSM) had been attempting to help a fishing boat which was struggling in the giant swell caused by storm Miguel, which is packing winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour (75 mph). Photos from the scene show waves crashing over the front of the small rescue boat as it headed out. After capsizing, it ended up upside down on the ..
Maha drought: Shiv Sena to begin foodgrain distribution drive
The Shiv Sena will distribute foodgrains to farmers staying in fodder camps in nine drought-affected districts of Maharashtra, a party statement informed Friday. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will kick-off the initiative on June 9, in memory of late party supremo Bal Thackeray, in Salegaon village in Jalna district, nearly 400 kilometres from here, a release said. There are 34 fodder camps in Jalna and 28 in Aurangabad, it said. Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray will be in Solapur district and will also travel to Mohol, Solapur South, Solapur North, Akkalkot and Barshi, it added. The statement said other Sena leaders, under Maharashtra Industries Minister Subhash Desai, will oversee the distribution of drought material in other districts. It said Sena will distribute relief material in Jalna, Osmanabad, Aurangabad, Beed, Solapur, Ahmednagar, Sangli, Satara and Nashik.
Missing AN-32 aircraft: Indian Navy's P-8I aircraft undertakes search missions
Massive efforts are on to locate the AN-32 transport aircraft by the Air Force deploying navy's P-8I aircraft and Global 5000 surveillance aircraft along with NTRO satellites on the fifth day since it went missing from the skies of Arunachal Pradesh.The P-8I aircraft undertook a search mission from INS Rajali, Arakonnam, Tamil Nadu, this morning to locate the missing AN-32 aircraft. It is equipped with special radars and sensors. Earlier too, the aircraft had carried search missions to locate the plane.Global 5000 surveillance aircraft belongs to the fleet of jets with the Aviation Research Centre. "With their specialist sensors, they can help in getting better imagery on the ground," said government sources aware of the matter."Search for AN-32: P-8I of Indian Navy undertook a search mission from Arakonnam this morning. Helicopters, transport aircraft, UAVs and other sensors are involved in extensive search whenever weather is permitting," the IAF said in a tweet.The search operation
'Chernobyl': A reminder of the apocalypse ahead (Review)
Show: "Chernobyl", a five-part HBO mini series; Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Emily Watson and Paul Ritter; Director: Johan Renck; Rating; *** ½ (3 and a half stars)
26 dead, over 50 injured in UP dust storm, lightning
A severe dust storm and lightning in various parts of Uttar Pradesh claimed at least 26 lives and left 57 people injured as houses and walls collapsed and trees were uprooted, prompting authorities to launch large-scale relief operations on Friday. Mainpuri district bore the worst brunt of the vagaries of nature late on Thursday night as six people died there in separate cases of wall collapse and lightning, the state relief commissioner said. Forty-one people were injured in the district and uprooted trees blocked vehicular movement on the state highways, leading to massive jams for a considerable amount of time. Police said most of the injuries occurred when people sleeping inside their mud houses were caught unawares by the thunderstorm, which was accompanied by rain, leading to wall collapse. People were also injured when signboards and hoardings got snapped at several places, and fell on them, the police said. "While six people died in Mainpuri, three each died in Etah and ...
12 Indians among 17 killed in tragic bus accident in Dubai
Twelve Indians were among 17 people who were killed in a horrific road accident in Dubai when a bus, mostly with Eid vacationers coming from Oman, entered a restricted lane and rammed into a low-clearance sign, police and the Indian mission here said on Friday. Nine persons were also seriously injured when the driver of the bus coming from Oman's capital Muscat to Dubai, wrongly entered a road not designated for buses towards Al Rashidiya metro station here on Thursday evening. Dubai Police authorities said that there are still some unidentified bodies and the number of Indians who died in the accident could rise further. "With great sadness we inform that Indian fatalities in Dubai bus accident have gone up to 12," Vipul, Indian Consul General in Dubai, tweeted. He said that the embassy officials are at the Rashidiya police station and mortuary to extend all assistance to the families of the victims. "Our effort now is to get formalities completed soon so that mortal remains can be ..
US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships
The US and Russian militaries accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet (50 meters) of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and its crew at risk, forcing it to reverse all engines at full throttle to avoid a collision. It said a helicopter that was operating at sea was preparing to land on the Chancellorsville, which was traveling on a steady course, when the Russian destroyer, traveling behind the U.S. ship, speeded up and approached as close as 50-100 feet (15-30 meters). Clay Doss, spokesman for the Japan-based 7th Fleet, said no one was injured and he was not aware of any damage to the ship. "We consider Russia's actions during this interaction as unsafe and unprofessional and not in accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), 'Rules of the Road,' and ...
Russian, US warships 'almost collide' in East China Sea
A Russian and a US warship came close to a collision in the East China Sea on Friday, with both sides blaming each other for the incident.