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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
TopicSilkyara tunnel

Topic: Silkyara tunnel

Unwilling to return to ‘jaws of death’, rescued Silkyara workers turn farmers, grocers, shop owners

Only 9 of 41 workers rescued from collapsed Silkyara tunnel last November have returned to Uttarkashi. Rest are now farmers, shop owners or in pursuit of other sources of income.

Rajas of rat mining, heroes of Himalayas have no insurance, safety gear or social dignity

Rat miners help lay underground sewers and gas & water pipelines in places where machines cannot go. In the construction ecosystem, they're at the bottom of the pyramid.

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Sheikh Hasina was no progressive. She knelt down to Islamic fundamentalists, created a demon

Just like Frankenstein, Sheikh Hasina has been devoured by her own demon. She has fled Bangladesh and saved herself. Now this demon will seek to crush all progressive thinkers in the country.

Sensex plunges 2300 points. Why a US jobs report caused Indian stock markets to crash

Factors influencing the bearish trend in Indian markets include appreciation of Japanese Yen against US dollar, fears of a possible recession in US and rising geopolitical tensions.

Intense patrolling, more personnel, leaves scrapped — BSF on high alert after Hasina flees Bangladesh

All possible methods being taken to prevent illegal influx, say officers; security outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi also tightened.

Coaching centres are a sign of broken-window economics. See how China crushed it all overnight

How broken does our governance have to be, and how incredible our hypocrisy, that we cannot make profits from educating young Indians, but earn thousands of crores by giving them tuitions?