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Snapshot of the day

January 7, 2024

Sidharth Bhatia

Three men out of nine who were in a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district are feared dead after it became flooded, reports Tora Agarwala. She quotes the district police chief as saying that the mine may have become flooded after the miners struck a water channel underground. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the mine “appears to be … illegal” on the face of it. Neyaz Farooquee notes that while