New Delhi: Flying into space is a valuable experience for any politician, NASA chief Bill Nelson, who is also a senator, has told NDTV. The US space agency will train an Indian astronaut to fly to the International Space Station at the end of next year for a two-week scientific mission. Asked if Prime Minister …
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New Delhi: The 41 workers freed from the collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel late Tuesday endured 17 days in an underground prison – a circumstance guaranteed to test the resolve of most and which called for a strong leader to help the men stay calm. That figure was Gabbar Singh Negi – who was born 260 km away in …
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New Delhi: The morning after 41 workers trapped inside an Uttarakhand tunnel were rescued after a 17-day operation, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix said he has to go back to the makeshift temple outside the tunnel “to say thank you”. Mr Dix, who became a familiar sight at the rescue site during the course of the …
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New Delhi: The “softly, softly” approach to drilling escape holes, and gauging the auger’s impact on the already fragile and “still moving” mountainside, were key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday, hours after a precise 17-day rescue operation came to a successful conclusion. Arnold …
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All 41 workers trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara have been rescued today. The breakthrough came after rat-miners were brought in last evening and manually dug the last stretch. Amid this, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to X, formerly Twitter, and stated that the workers have reminded everyone “that no tunnel is …
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New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday ordered the revocation of restrictions under Stage III of GRAP in the entire NCR with immediate effect, following improvement in air quality. The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), a statutory body responsible for formulating strategies to combat pollution in the …
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Uttarkashi: Rat-hole miners emerged as the heroes as they drilled with their hands to safely evacuate all 41 workers trapped in a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel. The smiles on their faces hid all the exhaustion from digging in the cramped tunnel where even breathing becomes a challenge. “The workers were so happy seeing us. They hugged …
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The workers are being taken to the temporary hospital put up inside the tunnel for medical check-up and acclimatisation. New Delhi: Forty-one labourers, trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days, have been rescued. The breakthrough came after rat-miners were brought in last evening and manually dug the last stretch.
New Delhi: All 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara were rescued late Tuesday, beginning the home stretch of a frantic 17-day multi-agency op that relied, in the final stretch, on the banned manual “rat-hole”-mining technique employed after high-tech machines, or augers, failed to drill through the nearly 60 metres of rock …
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