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Now, women allowed to work in underground mines
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.
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Navy divers search for trapped miners in Meghalaya
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Navy divers have gone inside the inundated coal mines at East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya to rescue 15 miners who are trapped inside since December 13. A 15-member diving team of the Navy from Vishakhapatnam arrived at Meghalaya on Saturday.
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Responsible Mica Initiative accelerates towards building a robust and resp
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): While the world learnt about children labouring in mica mines in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar, many companies using mica decided this was not acceptable, and started to act.
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Punjab government approves new policy to curb illegal mining
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Oct 17 (ANI): In order to bring more transparency in the sand mining business, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved several major policy changes to enable the government grant contracts by auction of mining blocks. This auctioning will be done in strategically establi
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Fresh protests in Gilgit for immediate release of Gilgit leader Baba Jan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Sept 3 (ANI): Protests are being held in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit for the immediate release of political activist Baba Jan, who was recently acquitted by the Hunza Court in a case brought by the state of Pakistan against him but wasn't rele
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Ghazni unsafe for aid workers: UN
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghazni [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has announced that the city of Ghazni is highly unsafe for aid workers since Improvised Explosion Devices (IED) and mines are scattered on the way following the Taliban attack earlier this week.
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Gujarat signs MoU with KOTRA to strengthen trade, industrial relations
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Industries and Mines Department under the Gujarat government and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Tuesday in Delhi.
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No child labour in India's granite mines- NCPCR
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Findings by the Utrecht-based human rights organization, the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), with regard to granite quarries in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka indulging in slavery and child labour in an unsafe work environment
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23 miners killed in Quetta twin coal mine collapse
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): At least 23 miners have been killed after two neighbouring coal mines caved in here due to gas explosions.
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IITian says getting 'Mala' from PM Modi boosted morale
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) [India], May 05 (ANI): Rabesh Kumar Singh, who recently received a gold-coloured 'Mala' from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he requested for the same, has expressed his gratitude and said that it boosted his morale.
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Chhindwara coal mines to be re-opened: Shivraj Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that the dysfunctional coal mines in Chhindwara area would soon be reopened.
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Index of Industrial Production registers growth in September
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov. 10 (ANI): The quick estimates of index of industrial production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of September 2017 have been released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
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