Indian navy submarine explosion

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An Indian navy submarine ( INS Sindhurakshak) with about 18 sailors on board has caught fire after an explosion and sank at a port in Mumbai. Navy spokesperson Narendra Vispute said on Wednesday(August14, 2013) that efforts were being made to ascertain the safety of the personnel feared to be trapped on board the diesel-powered submarine. The blast occurred shortly after midnight and it took fire-fighters several hours to douse the blaze. Officials say the diesel-powered vessel was badly damaged and remains partly submerged at its berth.

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/08/201381421511930264.html, 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23691324

Hans Christian Orsted

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Hans Christian Orsted was born on August 14, 1777 and he was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism. He died on March 9, 1851.