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NPR News: 06-23-2023 6AM EDT

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

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NPR News: 06-23-2023 6AM EDT

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corvall Coleman.

0:03.4

No one survived the catastrophic implosion of a submersible this week in the North Atlantic

0:07.7

Ocean.

0:08.7

Five people aboard were descending to see the wreck of the Titanic.

0:11.7

There are questions about how the submersible was constructed.

0:15.2

Renowned oceanographer Robert Ballard led the team that located the Titanic in 1985.

0:20.6

He says that the deep sea is very dangerous because of the pressure of the water.

0:25.1

He says adventurers have been warned to be cautious.

0:28.3

We haven't had a single fatality of a deep submersible vehicle across many countries,

0:35.1

the different countries that have built them if they followed and were certified.

0:39.2

Ballard developed his own underwater vehicle to locate the Titanic.

0:43.0

He also located two U.S. nuclear submarines that had been wrecked and lost in the 1960s.

0:49.7

Supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are praising him for his state visit

0:53.6

to the U.S.

0:54.8

Modi is also facing criticism from India's National Congress Party.

0:59.0

Sushmi Tapatak reports members blame him for being out of the country amid ongoing ethnic

1:04.5

violence in one Indian state.

1:06.9

New India stand stall.

1:08.7

That's how one Indian news channel described Modi's address to Congress on Thursday.

1:13.6

Modi supporters also see the visit as proof that New Delhi has done a good job of balancing

1:18.5

ties with Washington and Moscow.

1:21.2

Meanwhile, critics of the Prime Minister are noting that a short press conference along

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