Situation worsened after 2014 as Colombo started to auction seized boats, say fishermen. Risk is taken as catch in Indian waters is just not enough, they explain.
While India has seasonal bans on trawling and adheres to international guidelines that prohibit ‘destructive fishing activities’, it is still rampantly practised by Indian fishermen.
Pleas to get those held in Pakistan jails released & special financial package have not yielded much, says fishing community. Many are undecided on whether to support BJP or Congress.
Team from Oxford and Gauhati University says surge in trade between 2014 and 2019 is driven by increase in exports from West Bengal to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
A fisherman from Thane in Maharashtra was killed when Pakistan Maritime Security Agency opened fire Saturday. Another fisherman was injured, and is being treated in Okha, Gujarat.
In her plea, the woman contended that the boat owner did not forward her son's name as one of the persons on board the vessel and thus he neither got counselling nor compensation.
Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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