Russian oil tanker MT Aqua Titan, chartered by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, arrived off the Mangaluru coast on Sunday, anchoring about 10 nautical miles in the Arabian Sea. A US LPG cargo ship from Texas also arrived at New Mangalore Port on the same day

Community-led efforts and forest department protection help release 1.71 lakh hatchlings in 2024-25, while the 2025-26 nesting season records 1182 nests so far across Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg