Prøve GULL - Gratis
Plastic nurdles from KL shipwreck reach Kumari, experts fear for Gulf of Mannar
The New Indian Express Chennai
|May 29, 2025
PLASTIC nurdles — tiny pellets used in plastic manufacturing — have started washing ashore in Kanniyakumari district, raising alarms over potential ecological fallout from the sinking of the container ship MSC ELSA 3 off the Kerala coast.
The Liberia-flagged vessel sank on May 25, about 38 nautical miles off the coast between Vizhinjam and Kochi. It was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous materials, along with diesel and furnace oil.
The spill has since scattered debris across the sea, including nurdles that have drifted southward from beaches in Thiruvananthapuram into Tamil Nadu's coastline due to prevailing ocean currents.
Denne historien er fra May 29, 2025-utgaven av The New Indian Express Chennai.
Abonner på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av kuraterte premiumhistorier og over 9000 magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
FLERE HISTORIER FRA The New Indian Express Chennai
The New Indian Express Chennai
BIG TECH RUSH TO BUILD CLOUD, AI INFRA IN INDIA
HERE is a sudden downpour of Big Tech investments in India.
3 mins
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Israel claims killing of top Hamas commander in Gaza
ISRAEL on Saturday said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Court says heirs of temporary staff not eligible for compassionate jobs
THE Madras High Court has set aside an order of the central administrative tribunal (CAT) which had ordered the Southern Railway to pass appropriate orders on the application of the legal heir of a deceased temporary worker for a job under compassionate grounds.
1 mins
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Paradigm shift in city's water reservoir ops'
THE WRD communication marked this as a \"paradigm shift\" balancing the water security protocol and the flood regulation protocol, and marked a \"significant milestone\" in Chennai's water supply history.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Hand-written undertaking gets man bail in tobacco case
THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court recently granted bail to a man arrested in Tenkasi for allegedly selling banned tobacco products, after getting a handwritten undertaking from him and his wife that they would not sell banned tobacco products and would make a nonrefundable deposit of ₹3,000 to a government school in Theni.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ropeway routes at pilgrim sites fast-tracked
UTTARAKHAND is set to dramatically transform its pilgrimage and tourism landscape with a massive push for ropeway infrastructure.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
The United Colours of Nubia
Set along the River Nile, this village in Egypt's Aswan is a striking blend of colour, age-old practices, and crocodile symbolism
2 mins
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Fake drugs: Agra cops in Pondy to nab trio
THE fake medicine racket unearthed in Puducherry has taken a nationwide dimension, with the Agra police setting up a camp in the Union Territory to take action against those involved in the manufacture and sale of counterfeit medicines through a known pharmacy company headquartered in Delhi.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
ISIS AMBUSH KILLS 2 US TROOPS, INTERPRETER IN CENTRAL SYRIA
TWO American troops and an interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Pressure mounts on opener Gill
The vice-captain, yet to score a fifty in the shortest format this year, is searching for form
2 mins
December 14, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size