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TopicCoal miners

Topic: coal miners

Rat-hole mining is banned and booming in Meghalaya. 22,000 mines run in plain sight

Banned rat-hole mining in East Jaintia Hills, where a blast killed 31, is a low-investment, high-profit model. A 10-year ban hasn't budged it—'They won't get such money anywhere else.'

Navy deep divers roped in to rescue 9 miners trapped in flooded Assam mine for over 24 hrs

Water level in the mine has risen by 100 ft, says CM Himanta Sarma. At least 3 miners are feared dead. Indian Army, Assam Rifles, SDRF & NDRF are also part of rescue efforts.

Russian coal seeks new market in India as war upturns previous commodity flows

Russian coal sales to Europe have declined in advance of a planned European ban on coal shipments. Russia has increased supply to India in search of low-cost markets.

Search for Meghalaya miners’ bodies has become an expensive & hopeless wait for a miracle

In nearly 2 months, a 100-member contingent of Navy divers, NDRF rescuers, doctors and Army personnel have recovered just one body.

These are the 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hole coal mine

The district police have released the list of names of the 15 Meghalaya coal miners trapped in a rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills. 

The NGT had slammed coal mafia while banning rat-hole mining in Meghalaya

The NGT ban on rat-hole mining had come on petitions that warned of the exact same scenario that left 15 miners trapped this month.

Missing officials & missing pumps delay rescue of Meghalaya miners

NDRF official says water inside mine is over 70 feet and divers can’t do much unless level comes down. State human rights commission orders inquiry. 

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Modi mainstreamed Israel like no Indian PM before. Delhi must stay alert to regional realities

Four broader factors will shape the trajectory of India-Israel relationship. Failure to anticipate these possible unintended consequences now may complicate its future direction.

Indian economy to grow faster than expected at 7.6% in FY26, shows govt data under new series

Under new base year, FY2025-26 GDP growth revised up to 7.6 percent; Chief economic advisor revises growth for FY 2026-27.

India orders more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up plant to fill ‘empty’ arsenal—Warsaw’s envoy

New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

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

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