A tropical storm brewing along the Gulf Coast has triggered a travel nightmare, disrupting over 10,000 flights across the US on Monday alone. From Florida to New York, delays and cancellations rippled through major airports as travellers faced hours-long waits, grounded departures, and packed terminals. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued ground stops at more…
The Indian Coast Guard has commenced the recruitment process for Assistant Commandants in the General Duty and Technical branches for the 2027 batch. A total of 170 vacancies have been notified, and the online registration process is currently underway on the official recruitment portal, joinindiancoastguard.cdac.in. The application window will remain open till July 23, 2025.According…
NEW DELHI: The closure of UAE and Qatar airspace late Monday night as missiles were fired from Iran towards US bases in Qatar and Iraq threw commercial air traffic completely out of gear. Hundreds of lights to and from the region — that houses mega hubs like Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi along with multiple…
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, on Sunday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). This earthquake comes just three days after a magnitude 6.1 tremor struck off the southeastern coast of the Nemuro Peninsula, as…
A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off the coast of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, according to preliminary data from seismological agencies. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning has been issued at this time. Authorities are monitoring the situation closely and advising residents in the region to stay…
In a crucial breakthrough in the firefighting and salvage mission of the Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503, Indian maritime forces successfully transferred tow control of the distressed container vessel to an ocean-going tug, Offshore Warrior, on 13 June. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which had been holding the vessel off the Kerala coast for several…
Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia’s east coast on Monday to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope. Aerial footage showed the whale swimming south of Sydney Harbour trailing a rope attached to a floating buoy. “It makes it more difficult for the whale to dive,” said Pip Jacobs from whale rescue…
Three people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near South Beach Park in Vero Beach, Florida, on Sunday night. The incident occurred just a few miles off the coast. A large-scale multi-agency rescue operation is underway. The aircraft, a single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk, had departed from Flagler Executive Airport in…
ICG CGEPT-02/2025 Stage I result announced: Check your status now ICG result 2025: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has officially declared the result for the CGEPT-02/2025 Stage I examination. Candidates who applied for the posts of Navik (General Duty) and Yantrik can now check their results by logging in to the official ICG recruitment portal…
Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible. Source link