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Health tips: Sea swimming may lead to stomach flu, ear aches
Health | Feb 28, 2018, 06:58 PM ISTResearchers have revealed that sea swimming can directly affect your health.
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Smoke-rings spotted in South Pacific Ocean from space
Dec 27, 2017, 07:09 PM ISTThe smoke-rings were spotted by analysing sea level measurements taken from satellites together with sea surface temperature images from the same time and place.
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China develops high-speed unmanned sea vessel for submarine detection
World | Nov 06, 2016, 12:50 PM ISTChina has developed a high-speed, intelligent unmanned sea vessel which can be used for a host of applications including submarine detection. According to state-run daily people’s liberation army (PLA), the 10.25-meter-long “SeaFly-01” ve
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WATCH! Stranded whale frees itself after baby calf helps mother swim back into sea
World | Oct 07, 2016, 02:24 PM ISTA humpback whale that was stranded off an Australian beach has managed to free itself after its calf was seen apparently pushing it into deeper waters. The whale was stuck on a sandbar in the
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Arctic sea ice hits second lowest level ever recorded, reveal scientists
World | Sep 19, 2016, 11:53 AM ISTThe sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean this summer is at its second lowest ever recorded, a report has found. Scientists have found that the ice levels have plummeted to the minimum extent of
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Scientists discover toxic form of mercury in Antarctic sea ice
World | Aug 02, 2016, 11:12 AM ISTAustralian scientists have found a toxic form of mercury in Antarctic's atmosphere and sea ice. According to a research, led by the University of Melbourne, the significant amounts of methylmercury, an especially dangerous strain of
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Indian captain Radhika Menon is first woman to get bravery at sea award
India | Jul 10, 2016, 02:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Captain Radhika Menon, first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy will receive IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, the government said on Saturday. "Menon, Master of the oil products tanker Sampurna
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US says S China Sea tribunal ruling presents choice for Asia
World | Jul 08, 2016, 06:19 AM ISTWashington An international tribunal ruling next week on a challenge to China's expansive claims in the South China Sea could determine whether the region is ruled by law or "raw calculations of power," US officials
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Fishermen on a roll, this app helps them stay in safe waters
India | Jun 27, 2016, 01:56 PM ISTBengaluru: Fifty-year-old K Anjaapuli – who has been fishing for 35 years along the coast of Puducherry – now takes his phone along to know exactly where the fish are, thanks to the Fisher Friend Mobile Application (FFMA) which gives him a wealth of
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70 sailors stranded in Yemen, MEA says working on evacuation
India | Sep 14, 2015, 12:09 AM ISTNew Delhi/Ahmedabad: India today said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county. “Our
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70 Gujarat seamen stranded in crisis-hit Yemen: Sailors' group
India | Sep 13, 2015, 07:07 PM ISTAhmedabad: Nearly 70 sailors from Gujarat are stranded in crisis-hit Yemen for over 15 days now and have appealed to the Indian government to rescue them, days after six Indians were killed when their boat
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'About to finish some land reclamation in South China Sea'
World | Jun 16, 2015, 10:34 AM ISTBeijing: China says it will complete land reclamation projects on its disputed South China Sea territorial claims as planned within "upcoming days."A statement from the Foreign Ministry statement Tuesday said China would build infrastructure to
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China defends projects in PoK, justifies its objections to India's exploration in South China Sea
World | Jun 04, 2015, 10:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: China is opposed to India's oil exploration in the South China Sea because it is a disputed area, but regards its ambitious US $46 billion economic corridor through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a "livelihood project"
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2 lakh take holy dip in sea on 'Mahalaya Ammavasai'
India | Oct 04, 2013, 12:26 PM ISTRameswaram: About two lakh devotees from all over the country took a holy dip in the sea here on the occassion of ‘Mahalaya ammavasai', officials said.Mahalaya Amavasya is considered a highly auspicious day for performing
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Sea levels may rise with global warming
World | Jul 16, 2013, 12:46 PM ISTWashington, July 16: Sea levels may rise by about 2.3 meters for each degree celsius of global warming within the next 2,000 years, an international team of researchers has said.While thermal expansion of the ocean
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Dubai Municipality releases 70,000 baby fishes into sea
World | Jul 16, 2013, 06:43 AM ISTDubai, July 16: The Dubai Municipality has released 70,000 fingerlings of Sobaity and Sha'am fishes in the Mamzar sea in a bid to preserve the environment and biodiversity.The municipality's director general Hussain Nasser Lootah said
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2 jump to death in the sea fleeing Spain fire
World | Jul 23, 2012, 04:59 PM ISTMadrid, Jul 23: A French man and one of his three children died after they jumped along with his wife off a 50-meter (164-foot ) cliff into the sea to flee a wildfire that forced
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Storm in South China sea to slow down monsoon for 2-3 days
India | Jun 19, 2012, 08:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 19: The advance of south-west monsoon, crucial for India's agri-economy, is likely to slow down under the influence of an atmospheric depression in the South China Sea but expected to pick up