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TopicMeghalaya miners

Topic: Meghalaya miners

Another year, another mining tragedy — why Meghalaya’s ‘rat holes’ won’t stop killing

Two years after 15 miners were killed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, six others lost their lives in another accident at another mine in January.

No miracle in 7 months, rescue team in search of Meghalaya miners wraps up mission

SC last week allowed Meghalaya govt to call off operation to retrieve what remained of the bodies of 13 coal miners trapped in a flooded coal mine.

Navy divers spot another body of the trapped miners in Meghalaya coal mine

The Indian Navy detected a body of a Meghalaya coal miner at about 280 feet away from the bottom of the main mine shaft.

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Several skeletons found in Meghalaya’s illegal rat-hole mine 35 days after tragedy

The Navy rescue team detected the first body at a depth of 160 feet, more than a month after 15 miners were trapped on 13 December. 

NGT panel blames ‘un-abetted illegal mining’ for Meghalaya tragedy

The NGT report finds that a blasé Meghalaya government looked the other way when illegal mining was going on in several East Jaintia Hills areas.

For Navy divers, it’s a difficult & dangerous search for survivors in Meghalaya coal mine

A Navy diver, who is a part of the rescue operation in Meghalaya's rat-hole coal mine, tells ThePrint about the problems being faced by the team.

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.

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Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.