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Prestige Falcon Capsizes Off Oman Coast: Indian Warship Rescues Eight Indian Citizens,One Sri Lankan
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In a dramatic maritime rescue operation, nine crew members, including eight Indians and one Sri Lankan, were successfully rescued..
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest and India in the northwest.
In a dramatic maritime rescue operation, nine crew members, including eight Indians and one Sri Lankan, were successfully rescued..