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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.

Solid iron reduced to mangled heaps of metal: Seemanchal Express survivors recount horror

PTI -
The Railways have clarified that only six people, including three women, have died in the train accident in Bihar's Vaishali district.

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.

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 remain trapped as high water level forces Navy to halt rescue ops

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Indian Navy divers who went inside the 370-foot-deep pit found some wooden structures and coal lying at the bottom. 

Missing officials & missing pumps delay rescue of Meghalaya miners

Moushumi Das Gupta -
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. 

GST Council sets up Group of Ministers to look into Kerala’s demand for calamity cess

PTI -
Council headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley also discussed revenue shortfall in the states under GST.

A most unusual train journey through India’s traveller’s paradise

Rohini Swamy -
On the journey, ThePrint meets an expat nurse-turned-relief worker, NDRF personnel, as well as some who have lost everything but want to get on with life.

In Kerala flood war room, clockwork efficiency is the order of the day

Rohini Swamy -
Officials at the state’s disaster management cell tackle the crisis with a calmness and efficiency that belies the severity of the task.

Kerala floods claim more than 100 lives in a single day

PTI -
Fresh teams of the three armed forces and National Disaster Response Force have been rushed to Kerala for relief and rescue operations. Thiruvananthapuram: More than 100...
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Opinion

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

Seshadri Chari -
For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Pakistan is playing a dangerous sectarian game. Anti-Shia extremism is gaining ground

Geopolitics has reached third inflexion point since WW II, Cold War. An opportunity for India

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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