Boat

Among the most controversial figures on board is French MEP Rima Hassan. Notably, she has previously defended Hamas’s 7 October terror attack on Israel as “legitimate” and has been barred from entering Israel for promoting the BDS campaign and glorifying violence.

Witnesses and videos of the incident, which have surfaced on social media, indicate that a wooden boat carrying more than 300 people overturned and sank on the Mpoko River on Friday.

As per reports, the three men have been working in Kuwait for the past two years. The fishing boat was seen by the Yellow Gate police near the Sassoon dock first.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives and also announced that an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs 50,000.

Indian short video-sharing platform Moj, owned by Sharechat, announced that it has taken down songs by Shubh. 

Citing the controversial past of Shubh who had shared a distorted map of India to express solidarity with Khalistani terrorists earlier this year, boAt withdrew its association with the Canadian singer.

The local authorities have been able to recover the dead bodies of 78 Pakistanis.

A motorboat, named ‘Ma-Babar Doa’ (blessings of parents), with 69 Rohingyas reached Andaman and Nicobar Islands.