Oil tanker released by pirates
Kasargod: An oil tanker that went missing off the coast in West Africa has been released, and all 22 sailors including Shri Unni of Kasargod on board are safe, said sources in the company.
Sree Unni (25), a resident of Perale Hittil, Uduma called his family members after release. The family which has been spending sleepless nights for the past one week is much relieved and is eager to see Unni.
Pirates had hijacked the vessel owned by Mumbai-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management on February 1.
Sources in the company have confirmed that the vessel has reached the coast of Nigeria and is expected to reach Mumbai within ten days. Shree Unni is expected to reach his native place soon after the arrival of the vessel in Mumbai.
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India, China decide to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI): India and China on Monday decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as the two sides agreed to take certain people-centric steps to "stabilise and rebuild" ties.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this following Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's talks with his Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong in Beijing.
It said the two sides also agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries.
"As agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Kazan in October, the two sides reviewed the state of India-China bilateral relations comprehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilize and rebuild ties," the MEA said.
"In this context, the two sides decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025," it said.
The MEA said the two sides also agreed to hold an early meeting of the India-China expert level mechanism to discuss resumption of provision of hydrological data and other cooperation pertaining to trans-border rivers.
It said the two sides agreed to take appropriate measures to further promote and facilitate people-to-people exchanges, including media and think-tank interactions.
"They agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries; the relevant technical authorities on the two sides will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose at an early date," the MEA said.
