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Afghanistan: 22 miners rescued from collapsed coal mine

Rescuers with excavators had been working to open an entrance to the mine since early morning, succeeding after nightfall on Sunday.

Representative image: 22 miners were freed from a coal mine in Afghanistan after being trapped for hours(Bloomberg)
Published on Dec 15, 2024 11:37 PM IST
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The future of coal in India: Decarbonising the oft-maligned resource

Despite the resource’s vast polluting potential, coal remains the most dominant source of energy globally, responsible for 37% of global energy generation in 2019. India has also undertaken an initiative to produce 1.2 billion tonnes of coal by 2023-24.

India is striving hard to be a global leader in the area of climate change mitigation, and must lead by example if it is to adorn a place among countries that are spearheading the charge most effectively.
Published on May 11, 2024 02:08 PM IST
ByHindustan Times

Coal generates revenue for Meghalaya, but at what cost

It remains to be seen what the government aims to do to tackle the coal menace that has already claimed the lives of miners and destroyed ecological cover

In a photograph dated January 29, 2013, miners keep warm by a fire inside a deep mine shaft near Rymbai village in Meghalaya.(AFP)
Published on Jan 30, 2024 06:16 PM IST
ByDavid Laitphlang

War and subsidies have turbocharged the green transition

They may have knocked as much as ten years off the timeline

Construction workers outside the Energy Transition hub in the Green Zone ahead of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. More than 70,000 politicians, diplomats, campaigners, financiers and business leaders will�fly�to Dubai�to talk about arresting the world�s slide toward environmental catastrophe. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)
Published on Dec 05, 2023 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

3 dead, many feared trapped after illegal mine collapses in Jharkhand. Video

At least three people have died and many are feared trapped after an illegal coal mine collapsed in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on Friday.

Many workers are feared trapped after an illegal coal mine collapsed in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on Friday. (Representational image)
Published on Jun 09, 2023 02:59 PM IST
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