The upper deck of the ship was deserted, except for a woman who sat huddled in a corner below the iron stairs, smoking.
Full Article at Hindustan Times
New Delhi - India blocked a former US naval ship heading for a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental and pollution concerns in a case that mirrors past scandals, a local official said on Monday.
Full Article at News24
NEW DELHI: India has refused entry to a former US naval ship heading for a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental and pollution concerns, a local official said.
Full Article at Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday asked the Gujarat Government not to allow beaching and breaking of a US ship anchored off Alang port as a technical team has found high levels of toxic material and radioactive substances in it.
Full Article at Hindu Business Line
NEW DELHI: The Union environment and forest ministry team sent to assess the toxic materials on-board the controversial ship Platinum II, anchored in Indian waters near Alang for ship-breaking, has confirmed the vessel contains tonnes of toxins.
Full Article at Times of India
We built Daylife.com using our SmartMedia Services platform, which can give you thousands of content-rich, advertiser-friendly pages (like this one) on any topic and with full editorial control. Learn More »