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TopicMeghalaya miners

Topic: Meghalaya miners

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

Karishma Hasnat -
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

Nandita Singh -
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.

On mood of the nation, India Today and Republic finally agree

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

The unemployment wave, and failed lotuses in Karnataka

Simrin Sirur -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

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

Moushumi Das Gupta -
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

Moushumi Das Gupta -
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

Ritika Jain -
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

ThePrint Team -
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

Ritika Jain -
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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Opinion

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Swasti Rao -
The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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