Month: July 2024

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued a critically ill Indian national from Motor Tanker Zeal of Republic of Gabon about 20 km off Mangrol coast of Gujarat today, 21 July 2024. The patient had a very slow pulse rate and was experiencing numbness in the lower part of his body, which required him to be rushed for immediate medical attention. ICG Air Enclave, Porbandar immediately dispatched an advanced light helicopter which reached the Motor Tanker Zeal despite high intensity storm winds, heavy rain and bad weather. The helicopter positioned right above…

The Union Minister of Coal and Mines inaugurated the National Landslide Forecasting Centre at GSI, Dharitri Complex, Salt Lake City, Kolkata yesterday. He also launched the Geo-Indication Web Portal and Landslide Mobile App. Shri Janardan Prasad, Director General, GSI and other senior officials of the organization were present at the event apart from dignitaries from various disaster management agencies and stakeholder organizations. NLFC is a pioneering initiative aimed at reducing landslide hazard in India. Soon after its inauguration, residents of Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Nilgiris districts will benefit from live forecast…

Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India located in Chhattisgarh, have got second and fourth place respectively in the list of 10 largest coal mines in the world released by worldatlas.com. Located in Korba district of Chhattisgarh state, these two mines produce more than 100 million tonnes of coal annually, which is about 10 percent of India's total coal production. The Gevra opencast mine has an annual production capacity of 70 million tonnes. It produced 59 million tonnes of coal in…

A new study by a group of 32 scientists from 10 countries (Finland, Poland, India, China, USA, Czech Republic, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy) spotted a pair of smaller black holes, marking the first sighting of an orbiting black hole. Several international research groups have already confirmed the theory that there are two black holes at the centre of the galaxy OJ 287, located four billion light years away, which was first reported by astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland. In 2021, NASA's exoplanet-hunting satellite was pointed toward the…

Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata (SMP Kolkata), a leader in feeder and container services for over three decades, in alliance with Pacific International Lines (PIL), announces the inauguration of China Calcutta Service (CCS) at Kolkata Dock System (KDS). This pioneering direct weekly service from China to Kolkata will meet the growing demand for shorter transit times from Far East ports to Kolkata. The port statement said CCS will have three dedicated vessels – Kota Ria, Kota Rukun and Kota Rakyat – each with an average parcel load of 622 TEU,…