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Are you taking supplements wrong? Gastroenterologist reveals why timing matters

Gastroenterologist breaks down the mechanism behind supplement absorption and why timing matter.
Published on Aug 27, 2025 03:54 pm IST

India, Africa and critical minerals: Towards a green energy partnership

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Published on Mar 31, 2025 06:35 pm IST

Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines

Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
Published on Feb 02, 2025 09:36 am IST

Miners trapped in illegal gold mine resort to cannibalism 'out of desperation'

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa.
Updated on Jan 29, 2025 07:27 am IST

Rescuers resume search for a miner missing after Polish mine accident killed 1, injured 17

Rescuers resume search for a miner missing after Polish mine accident killed 1, injured 17
Published on Jul 12, 2024 02:39 pm IST

Miners at higher risk of lung diseases with no cure for most: Experts

There is no cure for most of these lung conditions, with supportive treatment to ease the symptoms the only option.
Updated on Oct 09, 2019 03:40 am IST

Rahul Gandhi raises hopes of Goa fishermen, miners

The Congress president assured the NFF of setting up a dedicated union fisheries ministry and including their demands in its manifesto, Olencio Simoes of the NFF said.
Updated on Mar 09, 2019 11:13 pm IST

Four miners die in Nagaland rat-hole mine, locals allege toxic gas inhalation

Bodies of four coal miners were fished out from an illegal rat-hole mine in Nagaland’s Longleng district. A case of unnatural deaths has been reported and police suspect a mudslide or inhalation of a toxic gas as possible causes of the deaths.
Updated on Mar 04, 2019 09:10 am IST

Navy abandons efforts to pull out decomposed body of Meghalaya miner

The Indian Navy abandoned all efforts on Sunday to pull out the decomposed body of a miner that it spotted four days ago .
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 11:56 pm IST

Families want miner’s body in Meghalaya, but retrieval is risky

Kuti Miyan, one of the missing miners in Meghalaya. His brother Aminul Uddin, who worked at the same coal mine escaped the disaster when he went home on December 7 to vote in Assam’s Panchayat elections.
Updated on Jan 19, 2019 05:28 pm IST

Body spotted in Meghalaya rat hole mine, but it can’t be pulled out yet

Navy’s underwater remote operated vehicle has spotted a body in a
Updated on Jan 17, 2019 07:45 pm IST

2 killed in another Meghalaya mine collapse; fate of 15 trapped miners uncertain

Two miners were found dead on Sunday in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, who police suspect were killed by falling boulders that hit them while they were trying to extract coal, even as the fate of 15 people trapped in a flooded mine since December 13 is unknown.
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 08:31 am IST

Congress MP’s gaffe in Lok Sabha: Cites miners trapped in ‘Mizoram’ instead of Meghalaya

Congress’ Shillong MP Vincent H Pala made a faux pas in the Lok Sabha Thursday when he cited Mizoram instead of Meghalaya.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 02:34 pm IST

Rescue operation in Meghalaya LIVE: ‘Water level same as yesterday,’ says NDRF official

15 miners are trapped in the flooded rat-hole Ksan coal mines in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 07:38 pm IST

15 miners trapped for 14 days, Coal India finally receives Meghalaya govt SOS

Rescuers work at the site of a coal mine that collapsed in Ksan, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India, December 23, 2018.
Updated on Dec 27, 2018 12:01 pm IST

Families seek miracle at Meghalaya ‘rat hole’ mine where 15 miners trapped for nearly two weeks

Rescue workers were trying to reach 15 coal miners trapped underground for 13 days on Wednesday as families prayed for their safe return, but chances of survival looked slim after floodwaters rushed through the illegal “rat-hole” pit in Meghalaya.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 07:01 pm IST

‘15 trapped miners gasp for air...’: Rahul Gandhi takes a shot at PM Modi

In Meghalaya, operation to rescue 15 trapped miners is hampered by lack of equipment.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 02:45 pm IST

Centre to send help to Meghalaya to rescue trapped miners: CM Conrad Sangma

Emergency workers gathering around a crane after 13 miners were feared killed after being trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
Published on Dec 19, 2018 11:21 pm IST

Meghalaya mine owner arrested, hope dips for survival of 13 trapped miners

A worker at an illegal ‘rat-hole’ mine in Meghalaya (File Photo)
Updated on Dec 15, 2018 06:29 pm IST