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Sri Lankan environmental groups announced on Thursday (3/6) they are set to file for legal action against the operators of a container ship that sunk off the country's main port. Authorities in Sri Lanka were trying to head off a potential environmental disaster, as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country's main port.

Story highlights Currently, three Indian Coast Guard ships, Vaibhav, Vajra and Samudra Prahari (a pollution response vessel) are on the scene along with four tugs deployed by Sri Lanka Efforts of Indian Coast guard (ICG) vessels and Sri Lankan tugs over the last six days (since May 25th) have restricted the fire on container ship MV X-Press Pearl to a small portion in the ship’s rear. In what is being regarded as a positive outcome, the smoke emanating from the vessel has turned from black t...

Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning container ship hit the coast and threaten to devastate the local environment, a top environment official warned on Saturday.

A Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, which caught fire near the Colombo beach last week, may sink, raising severe environmental concerns in the island nation. The cargo vessel was carrying a consignment of chemicals and raw materials for cosmetics from Hazira in Gujarat to Colombo Port.

India’s only aircraft carrier suffered a fire that left one sailor dead. And China, which is India’s rival, says this is because Indians aren’t competent enough to operate advanced military equipment. The fire broke out in the engine room of the carrier Vikramaditya as it entered the Indian naval base at Karwar several years ago.  The blaze was extinguished, but not before an Indian Navy lieutenant commander, who led the firefighting effort, was overcome by fumes and later died in hospi...

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Call of Duty: Warzone Update 1.32 Adds Season 2 and Shipwreck - Patch Notes On 2/25/21 at 8:32 AM EST Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War update 1.32 has finally arrived. Weighing approximately 17GB across all platforms, the substantial patch adds a wealth of Season 2 content including new points of interest to explore, new modes to play and even a new set of Bunkers to potentially open. Read the full details below courtesy of the latest blog post from the games developers at Raven Software. Call ...

Call of Duty: Warzone Releases Season Two Update, Patch Notes Revealed ✖ Call of Duty: Warzone has once again come around to Season Two now that it’s been integrated with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War for a while now, and with that new season comes more weapons, gameplay features, and other changes to take note of. As such, the update is a larger one that comes in at around 17GB regardless of what platform you’re playing on, so you may need to make room for the content if you haven’...

Offshore vessel (OSV) Greatship Rohini MUMBAI: The charred bodies of three crew members were recovered by the Indian Coast Guard from the offshore vessel (OSV) Greatship Rohini on Sunday morning, 24 hours after a fire broke out in its engine room. The body of fourth engineer Anit Antony (31) was found in the engine room, while those of fitter Akshay Nikam (25) and oiler Ranjit Sawant (49) were recovered from the tween deck area by the search-and-rescue team around 10.15am. “The bodies were b...