INS Vagir has sailed continuously since its deployment in June except for one port stop in Sri Lanka, resurfacing every 3-4 days to recharge its batteries for a few hours.
The vessel carried Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul Henry Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
Other experts in industry and whistle-blowing employee raised alarms in 2018, criticizing OceanGate for opting against seeking certification and operating as experimental vessel.
A robotic diving vehicle deployed from Canadian ship discovered debris field from submersible Titan on Thursday morning on seabed some 1,600 feet from bow of Titanic.
The submersible 'Titan' went missing Sunday during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic. Multiple rescue teams are racing against time to save the 5 people onboard.
Wendy Rush is great-great-granddaughter of retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, two of wealthiest people on board Titanic’s maiden voyage when it sank, said report.
Industry experts said that OceanGate chose not to pursue the industry's recognized certification process for the submersible's design, fabrication and testing.
Rolling Stone said sounds were detected by sonar buoys deployed in area ‘close to distress position’ and that additional sonar picked up more banging 4 hours later.
Owned by OceanGate Expeditions, the submersible, with five people on board, went missing an hour and 45 minutes into its dive, about 700 kilometres off the Newfoundland coast.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, New Delhi’s net tax intake didn’t even hit the halfway mark of what it expects to collect by March 31.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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