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TopicAmritsar train tragedy

Topic: Amritsar train tragedy

All the mistakes that led to Amritsar train tragedy on Dussehra

Chitleen K Sethi -
ThePrint brings you excerpts from the report submitted to the Punjab government that details all the mistakes that led to the Amritsar train tragedy.

Punjab panel blames railway staff & Dussehra event organisers for Amritsar train tragedy

Chitleen K Sethi -
As many as 61 people were killed in the Amritsar train tragedy this October, when they were mowed down while watching Ravan dahan on Dussehra.

India moved on so quickly from Amritsar rail tragedy that it forgot to ask key questions

Nitin Pai -
Amritsar tragedy is a wake-up call for govt to stop doling out ex gratia.

Not just Amritsar, several Dussehra events in Punjab are held right next to rail tracks

Chitleen K Sethi -
Organisers of Dussehra events near train tracks tell ThePrint they take several precautions, besides being in touch with railway authorities for coordination.

Public anger mounting over Amritsar train tragedy as authorities play blame game

Chitleen K Sethi -
There’s been no move to track Dussehra event organiser Mithu Madaan. Two inquiries have been ordered — one administrative, the other a criminal probe.

The Amritsar train tragedy, and Bishop Franco Mulakkal gets a ‘hero’s welcome’

Simrin Sirur -
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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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