Using mobile phones as flashlights, Bahanaga Bazar villagers leapt into bogies, rescued survivors & provided first aid till NDRF and medical personnel arrived.
Of the 288 reported casualties in the 2 June accident, 87 bodies remain unidentified. Meanwhile, at hospitals, some bodies can't be traced even after families have identified them.
Balasore DM’s office has a book filled with photos of the dead, that families are leafing through to identify their missing loved ones. Construction workers are clearing out wreckage.
None of the trains involved in accident had the new collision protection system, but Kavach in any case isn't designed to detect & act on interlock malfunctions, changes in track alignment.
Instead of focusing on strengthening the railways at the basic level, only superficial touch up is being done to stay in news, writes Congress president Kharge in his letter to Modi.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
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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