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One of the trapped workers comes out after he was rescued from the collapsed tunnel site in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday. — courtesy Uttarkand government.
All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal
NEW DELHI, India — Cheers greeted a group of 41 workers as they were successfully removed from a collapsed tunnel under the Himalayas on Tuesday, the climax of a 17-day rescue operation to drill through rock and debris.It took weeks to bore an escape route for the workers through the mountain, with the last two meters drilled by hand, before the rescued men eventually emerged.Video footage from the scene showed Pushkar Singh Dhami, chief minister of Uttarakhand state meeting the workers, who appeared to be in good health, as they emerged from the tunnel amid jubilant scenes.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the successful rescue “is making everyone emotional,” in a statement on X.“I want to tell the men who were trapped in the tunnel that your bravery and patience are...
November 28, 2023

All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal

An ambulance goes inside a tunnel where rescue operations are underway to rescue trapped workers in Uttarakhand, India, November 28, 2023
Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped workers in Himalayan tunnel 
NEW DELHI — Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty enters its final stretch.The men have been trapped since November 12 when the part of tunnel they were helping to construct in India’s northern Uttarakhand state gave way, blocking their only exit with more than 60 meters (200 feet) of broken rock, concrete and twisted metal.The breakthrough follows a series of agonizing setbacks, during which rescue efforts were halted when the heavy machinery used to drill through the debris broke down, forcing workers to partially dig by hand and adopt other riskier methods to bring them to safety.Engineers had previously attempted to excavate the debris in the exit shaft using...
November 28, 2023

Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped workers in Himalayan tunnel 

Efforts to clear the 60m blockage and create an exit passage for trapped workers have faced roadblocks
India tunnel collapse is a startling wake-up call
NEW DELHI — As Arnold Dix says, this ranks as the "toughest" tunnel rescue operation he's ever encountered.Dix, an Australian underground expert summoned as a consultant by the Indian government, has been spending days and nights outside an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand, where 41 workers have been trapped for more than a fortnight now.The Silkyara tunnel is part of a $1.5bn (£1.19bn), 890km-long flagship Char Dham project connecting key Hindu pilgrim sites through two-lane paved roads in the Himalayan state. Efforts to clear the 60m blockage and create an exit passage for trapped workers using crawl-out pipes, have faced numerous roadblocks, including the breakdown of the main drilling machine."I think this is the toughest [operation] not purely for...
November 28, 2023

India tunnel collapse is a startling wake-up call

The ban will take effect from January
Australia to ban disposable vape imports from January
SYDNEY — Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January, in an effort to curb nicotine addiction in children.New laws to stop single-use vapes from being made, advertised, and supplied in the country will also be introduced.It comes amid a broader push to phase out recreational vaping completely.Vaping has been marketed as a way to quit smoking, but Australia's health minister says it has created a "new generation of nicotine dependency".Vapes, or e-cigarettes, are lithium battery-powered devices that have cartridges filled with liquids containing nicotine, artificial flavourings, and a range of other chemicals.It has been illegal for any Australian to purchase or import e-cigarettes or nicotine vapes without a doctor's prescription since 2021, but despite...
November 28, 2023

Australia to ban disposable vape imports from January

India recorded more than 18 million lightning strikes between April 2020 and March 2021
Lightning and hailstorms kill 24 in western India
NEW DELHI — At least 24 people have been killed by lightning and intense rain and hailstorms in India, officials said.The weather damaged houses and killed livestock across western Gujarat state.Storms are unusual in Gujarat during winter, meteorologists said, and the fierce downpour caught many off guard.Flash floods and lightning strikes kill thousands of people in India each year. Scientists are warning that rising global temperatures are fuelling a surge in extreme weather events.Rising land and sea surface temperatures warm the air above and make more energy available to drive thunderstorms from where lightning emanates.Rain and hailstorms were expected to continue in western India on Monday.At least 18 of the 24 deaths were attributed to the lightning strikes, officials said in a...
November 28, 2023

Lightning and hailstorms kill 24 in western India

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un provides field guidance to Ryongsong Machinery Joint Enterprise, in Pionyang, North Korea, in this picture released on Monday. — courtesy Reuters
Seoul: Pyongyang rebuilds posts, brings heavy firearms along inter-Korean border
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has begun rebuilding guard posts and bringing heavy firearms along the border with South Korea, after scrapping a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction deal, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, citing the Defense Ministry.Ministry officials disclosed photos showing North Korean troops installing temporary guard posts, carrying what appeared to be recoilless guns, and standing guard at night inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.These moves come after the North Korea said last week, it would restore all military measures halted under the 2018 tension reduction deal.The Comprehensive Military Agreement was signed in September 2018, at the height of a reconciliatory mood when then South Korean President Moon Jae-in traveled to...
November 27, 2023

Seoul: Pyongyang rebuilds posts, brings heavy firearms along inter-Korean border

Army personnel are helping with the rescue efforts.
Tunnel collapse: Rescuers explore new ways to reach trapped Indians
UTTARKASHI — Authorities are working on new ways to reach the 41 Indian workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand state after the main rescue plan suffered a major delay.Until now, rescuers were drilling a hole horizontally through the rocks to allow the men to crawl through.But the operation was halted after the drilling machine broke down on Friday.The workers have been stuck for two weeks after a part of the tunnel collapsed due to a landslide.The operation has been challenging from the beginning, mainly due to the presence of falling boulders, loose soil and metal inside the tunnel.On Friday, the rescuers seemed to be making steady progress when the drilling machine broke down inside the tunnel after getting stuck on pieces of metal that have been mixed in with the debris.The...
November 27, 2023

Tunnel collapse: Rescuers explore new ways to reach trapped Indians

A man looks at a message board for passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 during its fourth annual remembrance event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 3, 2018
A decade after Flight MH370 vanished Chinese court starts hearing lawsuits against Malaysia Airlines
BEIJING — For nearly 10 years, Jiang Hui has been searching for answers as to why the plane carrying his 70-year-old mother back from vacation in Malaysia vanished without trace.Jiang’s mother, Jiang Cuiyun, was one of 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it deviated from its scheduled path from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and disappeared over the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014.To this date, the fate of MH370 remains one of history’s greatest aviation mysteries, and Jiang has never given up on his quest to find out what happened.On Monday, a Chinese court began hearing claims for compensation for families of MH370 passengers, who say the disaster not only deprived them of their loved ones, but also plunged some into financial distress.“Almost 10 years on, the family...
November 27, 2023

A decade after Flight MH370 vanished Chinese court starts hearing lawsuits against Malaysia Airlines

A South Korean man will serve time in jail for praising the North in a poem
South Korean man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem
SEOUL — A South Korean court has sentenced a 68-year-old man to 14 months in jail for praising the North in a poem.Lee Yoon-seop advocated for unification in his piece that was published in the North's state media in 2016, South Korean media report.He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under Pyongyang's socialist system, people would get free housing, healthcare and education.He was convicted under a law that prohibits public praise of North Korea.In the piece titled Means of Unification, Lee also argued that in a united Korea, fewer people will take their own lives or live in debt.The poem was one of the winners of a poetry contest in the North in November 2016.Lee had been jailed for 10 months in the past for a similar offence, The Korea Herald reported.In its ruling on...
November 27, 2023

South Korean man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem

On the day after the festival of Diwali, Delhi was among the world's top cities for air pollution
Delhi pollution: Indian Supreme Court's 40-year quest to clean foul air
NEW DELHI — Pollution in India's capital Delhi has made global headlines in recent years, but it's not a new problem. For around four decades, the country's top court has actively discussed the issue, sometimes passing orders that have significantly reshaped life in Delhi.Its latest intervention came in early November, when the Supreme Court called for "immediate action" after air quality in the capital deteriorated to alarming levels.The court heard arguments on measures implemented by the Delhi government to tackle the situation, from reducing stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana, to a proposal to allow motor vehicles only on alternate days, depending on whether the last number on their licence plates was odd or even.The court left the...
November 27, 2023

Delhi pollution: Indian Supreme Court's 40-year quest to clean foul air

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