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?The Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers Disclosure Scheme returned to coverage as a one-time route for correcting limited overseas non-discl...
Why in news?A German–Turkish scientific team completed the first detailed geophysical survey of Mount Ararat’s summit glacier. What the expedition...
Why in news?Residents in Upper Subansiri reported a sudden forceful rise and floating timber despite little local rain. No official cause was establis...
Why in news?Three men described by officials as alleged poachers died during firing involving forest personnel in Karnataka’s Cauvery Wildlife Sanct...
Why in news?New programme data highlighted wider access to advanced chip-design tools and hands-on semiconductor training across Indian institutions. ...
Why in news?Botanists formally described a new Leucas species from coastal sand dunes in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. The discovery The peer-review...
Why in news?An official release announced the RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC)–AMRIT platform for rural technologies. What the names mean The Rura...
Why in news?Researchers released SraVaani 1.0, an open Automatic Speech Recognition model covering 65 Indian languages and dialects. What the model do...
Why in news?A 76.4-square-kilometre ice island broke from Petermann Glacier on 4 August. Researchers described it as the glacier’s largest calving s...
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?Temple authorities submitted a ₹114.06-crore visitor-infrastructure proposal to the Union Government. The proposal had not received sanc...