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Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond after a fire aboard was extinguished, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room. - A massive fire on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lankas coast has been extinguished, the island nations navy said on September 6, as international salvage experts began to assess the damage over fears of an environmental disaster if there is a leak. (Photo by Handout / Sri Lankas Air Force / AFP)World
Fire-stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka leaves kilometre-long oil slick

Firefighters are battling a new blaze that broke out two days after an earlier fire was extinguished, the navy said

9 Sept 2020 10:20 AM IST

Premalal Jayasekera takes oath as lawmaker.World
Sri Lankan politician, sentenced to death, takes oath as lawmaker

Sri Lanka People-'s Party (SLPP) lawmaker Premalal Jayasekera was convicted in a murder case on July 31

8 Sept 2020 5:13 PM IST

China on Tuesday said its troops were forced to take \countermeasures\ after Indian soldiers crossed their tense Himalayan border and opened fire. (AFP Photo)World
China says Indian troops crossed border, opened fire

Beijing-'s defence ministry accused India of -"severe military provocation-" after soldiers crossed LAC in the western...

8 Sept 2020 10:36 AM IST

A visitor wearing a face mask takes a photo of a model of a coronavirus and boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at a display by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, Chinas capital on Saturday kicked off one of the first large-scale public events since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, as tens of thousands of attendees were expected to visit displays from nearly 2,000 Chinese and foreign companies showcasing their products and services. (AP)World
China shows off COVID-19 vaccines at Beijing trade fair

The potential vaccines on display are among nearly 10 worldwide to enter phase 3 trials, the last step ahead of...

7 Sept 2020 4:06 PM IST

Wuhan’s COVID origin spot sealed off as city touts recoveryWorld
Wuhan’s COVID origin spot sealed off as city touts recovery

Huanan seafood market, believed to be the origin of the virus, is sealed and a large team of security staff chases away...

6 Sept 2020 3:17 PM IST

Tug boats and ships battle the fire on MT New Diamond, off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. The fire on the large oil tanker off Sri Lankas coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished, the navy said Saturday. The tanker, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, was drifting about 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from Sri Lankas eastern coast and on Friday evening a tug boat towed it to the deep sea away from land, said navy spokesman Capt. Indika de Silva. (AP)World
Fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka-'s coast under control, but not...

With engines shut down, the tanker carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil drifted about 20 nautical miles from...

6 Sept 2020 9:58 AM IST

Doctors treat a burn Muslim worshipper in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, September 5, 2020. Dozens of Muslim worshipers suffered burn injuries critically during evening prayers after explosions of a gas pipeline installed underground near a mosque outside Bangladesh capital, officials said Saturday. (AP)World
Underground gas pipeline blast kills worshippers at Bangladesh mosque

At least 37 people with up to 90% of burns on their bodies admitted to burn unit of a state-run hospital

5 Sept 2020 11:21 AM IST

Sri Lankas Air Force fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 kms off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room.World
Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sept 2020 10:02 AM IST

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghi is understood to have sought a meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh. (AFP File)World
Chinese defence minister may talk to Rajnath over border tension

Singh and Wei are currently in Russia to attend a meeting of SCO defence ministers on Friday

4 Sept 2020 10:38 AM IST

(Image: Twitter/@IndiaCoastGuard)World
Indian Oil-chartered tanker catches fire off Sri Lanka

The ship had sailed from the port of Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait, carrying Kuwait Export Crude, Refinitiv Eikon ship...

3 Sept 2020 4:11 PM IST

A girl holds her smart phone as she updates the \PUBG Mobile\ game, owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, in Siliguri on September 2, 2020. - India on September 2 banned 118 Chinese apps as it stepped up economic hostilities over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbours. (AFP)World
China -'strongly opposes-' India-'s ban on Chinese apps

-'Indian actions violate the legal interests of Chinese investors and services providers,-' commerce ministry spokesman...

3 Sept 2020 3:35 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AP File)World
UNSC blocks Pakistan-'s bid to get two Indians listed as terrorists

Sources pointed out that a similar request by Pakistan, containing names of Mistry and Dongara, had been blocked earlier...

3 Sept 2020 1:44 PM IST

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