Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Tunnel Tragedy Renews Safety Questions
Why in news?Water and debris entered a project tunnel in Chamoli district. By 14 August, seven workers were confirmed dead and three remained missing....
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Why in news?Water and debris entered a project tunnel in Chamoli district. By 14 August, seven workers were confirmed dead and three remained missing....
Why in news?Reporting on a national audit said the mission missed its measured forest-cover goal by nearly 98 per cent. Mission and audit context The ...
Why in news?The Government invited 100 Delhi-National Capital Region beneficiaries to the Red Fort ceremony. They were to attend with a spouse or comp...
Why in news?A Fort Hood-based AH-64E Apache crashed near Salado, Texas, on 12 August. The United States Army confirmed that two soldiers died. Known f...
Why in news?Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla welcomed Kenyaβs recognition of persons of Indian origin. He described them as an indigenous community. What ...
Why in news?The Great Nicobar Tribal Council challenged reported remarks about changing the Shompen way of life. The dispute concerns consent, protect...
Why in news?National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineers freed power aboard Voyager 2. The change should preserve three instruments ...
Why in news?Chester Zoo announced the birth of a female babirusa named Rana. Conservationists linked the event to serious disease concerns in Indonesi...
Why in news?Scientists described a new groundwater fish from the IndiaβNepal border region. The paper appeared in the journal ZooKeys on 11 August. ...
Why in news?Temple authorities submitted a βΉ114.06-crore visitor-infrastructure proposal to the Union Government. The proposal had not received sanc...
Why in news?New reporting described a sharp rise in silicosis among California workers who cut engineered-stone countertops. State surveillance contin...
Why in news?A 76.4-square-kilometre ice island broke from Petermann Glacier on 4 August. Researchers described it as the glacierβs largest calving s...