Gandhi family pays tribute to Sree Narayana Guru in Wayanad
Wayanad (PTI): Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid floral tributes to Sree Narayana Guru on his Mahasamadhi Day in this hill district on Sunday.
The three leaders visited the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam office at Kalpetta in the morning and offered floral tributes to the Guru’s portrait.
“We must all remember Sree Narayana Guruji for everything he taught us. The concept of equality and compassion for all beings, which is very much needed in society. We are here to pay respect to him,” Priyanka said.
Priyanka has been in her constituency for the past 10 days, meeting people from various walks of life, including prominent literary, cultural, and religious figures across Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram districts.
Her visit is scheduled to conclude on Monday, Congress sources said.
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Wayanad on Saturday, are also expected to return on Monday, party leaders added.
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West Asia war: Vessel carrying 20,000 tonnes of LPG reaches Gujarat crossing Strait of Hormuz
Kandla (Gujarat) (PTI): A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said on Sunday.
The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar and docked at the port in Kandla around 11.30 pm on Saturday after crossing the Strait of Hormuz on May 13, they added.
Since early March, 13 India-flagged vessels, comprising 12 LPG tankers and one crude oil tanker, have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway close to the coast of Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's energy supplies pass.
It has been severely disrupted by the conflict in West Asia that started on February 28, with the US and Israel launching joint attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes. It has resulted in one of the worst energy crisis the world has seen in recent decades.
Incidentally, at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) on safeguarding energy and supply flows, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish said targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable".
On May 13, an India-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman.
Omani authorities rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel sailing from Somalia, but it was not immediately known who carried out the strike.
