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Topic: Meghalaya

India’s longest bridge set to come up between Assam & Meghalaya, impact millions of lives

Ifrah Mufti -
The 19.8-km-long bridge will be built over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya, bringing socio-economic relief to the region.

Second decomposed body brought out of rat hole mine in Meghalaya

PTI -
The body has now been dispatched to a civil hospital for post-mortem at the district headquarter in Khliehriat.

Navy spots another skeleton in Meghalaya coal mine as county’s longest rescue mission continues

PTI -
The Indian Navy has spotted a skeleton, suspected to be one of the 15 miners who have been trapped in the coal mine since 13 December.

National People’s Party will snap ties with NDA if Citizenship Bill returns: Meghalaya minister

PTI -
Meghalaya home minister James Sangma said this a day after Amit Shah promised to bring back Citizenship Bill if BJP was voted to power.

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

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

Body of one miner trapped in Meghalaya coal mine retrieved

PTI -
Fifteen miners have been trapped for more than a month inside the illegal rat-hole coal mine.

Meghalaya govt suspends operation to rescue miner’s body

PTI -
The state government's order came a day after the Navy suspended the operation to pull the body out.

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. 

Meghalaya miners still trapped, NGT cracks whip on illegal mining in state

PTI -
The NGT has asked the Meghalaya Police to investigate nearly 1200 cases of illegal quarrying across the state.

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.
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Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

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India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

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Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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