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Ujjwal K Chowdhury
Meghalaya Mining Crisis: Illegal, Inhuman, Anti-Ecology
16 Jan 2019
Despite the NGT ban on coal mining in 2014, it has continued unabated due to the enormous politico-miner-bureaucrat-police-transporter nexus in Meghalaya.
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#WorkersStrikeBack: 377 Mine Deaths in 3 Years of Modi Raj
04 Jan 2019
Rajasthan and Jharkhand record the maximum number of accidental deaths in metal and coal mines, respectively, as per government figures.
Vivan Eyben
Cost of Production: Fifteen More Lives for Meghalaya’s Coal
29 Dec 2018
The mining disaster in Meghalaya has brought back into focus the seedy world of illegal mines.
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Mining Operations in Gadchiroli Face Stiff Resistance from Villagers
28 Aug 2018
In the recent years, villagers in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district have been forced to contend with three significant developments - iron ore mining in the forests, a spate of arrests an
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CITU Opposes Selling Off of Coal India Limited Shares to the Private Companies
19 Jun 2018
The amount of stake to be put up for sale, however, is yet to be finalised.
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Commercial Mining of Coal: Trade Unions to Strike on April 16
19 Mar 2018
Though the INTUC opposes the commercialization of coal mines, they will not be the part of the strike.
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Reform or Farce: Whom will NDA Govt.’s Coal Privatisation Benefit?
26 Feb 2018
The process of selling off the country’s coal reserves has begun.
Tarique Anwar
Child Miners: The Dark Secret of Jharkhand’s Mining Industry
08 Jan 2018
Everyday, thousands of children play hide and seek with death in mines where lethal cave-ins are frequent.