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MADRID (AP) — Mirroring protests across Europe, thousands of farmers in Spain staged a second day of tractor demonstrations on Wednesday across the country, blocking highways to demand changes in European Union farming policies and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought. The protests, involving several thousand people on tractors and in other vehicles, haven't been backed by Spain´s three main farming organizations, which have called for separate protests in the coming days. Speaking in Spain's parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged to help farmers and take their case to Europe. Agriculture Minister Luis Planas Puchades met with farmers’ unions on Friday, but failed to persuade them to halt the protests. There have been other protests in countries such as France, Poland and Greece in recent days.

Persons: Efe, Spain ´, Pedro Sánchez, Luis Planas Puchades, Hadja Lahbib, Maroš Šefčovič, Raf Casert Organizations: MADRID, Agriculture Ministry, Agriculture, European Commission, Foreign Locations: Europe, Spain, Union, Castellon, Jerez, State, Barcelona's, Spain's Catalonia, Madrid, Ukraine, France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, Brussels

☆ Collapsed Indian tunnel had no safety exit, was built through geological fault - panel member
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Manoj Kumar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Rahul Grover Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A tunnel which collapsed, trapping 41 workers in the Indian Himalayas this month, did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster said on Friday. Rescuers are still struggling to reach the construction workers 12 days after the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel caved in. Preliminary findings indicated the collapse may have been caused by a geological fault, known as a "shear zone", a member of the panel told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to talk to the media. "Once the rescue operations are over, we will conduct detailed investigations to find out loopholes in the construction," the panel member said. The tunnel was being built by the state-run National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation which is under India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Persons: Rahul Grover, Vishal Chauhan, Narendra Modi's, Hemant Dhyani, Manoj Kumar, YP Rajesh, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Media, REUTERS, Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation, India's Ministry of Road Transport, National Highways Authority of India, Supreme, Reuters, YP, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, DELHI

☆ Drilling snag delays rescue of 41 men stuck in Indian tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hindu priests pray at a makeshift shrine outside the entrance of a tunnel where workers are trapped after the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 23, 2023. The men, low-wage construction workers, have been confined in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on Nov. 12. Attempts to pull them out by drilling through the debris of rock, stones and metal and pushing through an evacuation pipe have been slowed by snags. The collapsed tunnel is on the Char Dham pilgrimage route, one of the most ambitious projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. It aims to link four key Hindu pilgrimage sites with 890 km (550 miles) of two-lane road, at a cost of $1.5 billion.

Persons: Shankar Prasad Nautiyal, Rescuers, Deepak Patil, Narendra Modi's, YP Rajesh, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, snags, Reuters, National Highways Authority, YP, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India

☆ Indian rescue effort for 41 trapped in tunnel breaks through steel obstacle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An ambulance arrives at the tunnel where workers are trapped after the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 23, 2023. Once the drilling is completed, officials plan to send rescuers through the evacuation pipe with stretchers on wheels to bring out the trapped men, they said. Authorities have not said what caused the tunnel collapse, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods. Efforts to bring the men out have been slowed by snags in drilling in the mountainous terrain. The collapsed tunnel is located on the Char Dham pilgrimage route, one of the most ambitious projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Persons: Shankar Prasad Nautiyal, Bhaskar Khulbe, Khulbe, Narendra Modi's Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, Wednesday, National Highways Authority, YP Rajesh, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India

☆ Indian rescuers hope to reach 41 trapped in tunnel on Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SILKYARA, India, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Rescuers in India hope to finish drilling through debris on Thursday and free 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Himalayan region after a metal obstacle slowed progress, officials said. The men began the twelfth day of their ordeal confined in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on Nov. 12. Once the drill breaks through, officials said they plan to send rescuers through the evacuation pipe, using stretchers on wheels, to bring out the trapped men. [1/2]An ambulance arrives at the tunnel where workers are trapped after the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal Acquire Licensing RightsA rescue mission is currently underway at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand to free 41 workers who are stuck inside following a landslide.

Persons: Atul Karwal, Bhaskar Khulbe, Shankar Prasad Nautiyal, Pushkar Singh, Gabbar Singh Negi, Saba Ahmed, Narendra Modi's, YP Rajesh, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Authorities, Force, Rescuers, REUTERS, National Highways Authority, YP, Thomson Locations: SILKYARA, India, Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi, Pushkar

☆ First video of trapped laborers emerges from Himalayan tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day. Show us each person’s face.”The 41 trapped laborers have been receiving food, water and oxygen through the pipe after the entrance to the tunnel they were helping to build gave way on November 12. “Confidence of keeping the lives of the trapped workers safe has increased manifold,” said a statement released by state officials on Monday. Video shows a monitor showing the feed of a camera being sent down through a pipe installed into the tunnel. Authorities say they are exploring all options to reach the men, including reaching out for international help to teams involved in other complex rescues.

Persons: ” Organizations: CNN, Authorities, India’s, Management Authority, Rescuers, Reuters, National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation Locations: Uttarakhand Government, New Delhi

☆ Rescuers in India tunnel collapse begin replacing drilling machine on 7th day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The disaster management office revised the number of people trapped since Sunday morning in the tunnel in Uttarakhand state to 41, up from 40. A rescue mission is currently underway at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand to free 41 workers who are stuck inside following a landslide. Authorities have not said what caused the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel to cave in, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods. Work was suspended on Friday after a "large-scale cracking sound" was heard as rescue workers sought to restart the drilling machine, according to a report from NHIDC. Close to 100 tunnel workers gathered at the site on Saturday, demanding faster progress in reaching and freeing those trapped.

Persons: Shankar Prasad Nautiyal, Anshu Malik Halko, Halko, Vishnu Sahu, Sahu, Saurabh Sharma, Ira Dugal, William Mallard, Tom Hogue Organizations: REUTERS, Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation, Reuters, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, Madhya Pradesh

☆ Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers use ‘pause-and-go’ drilling approach as efforts hit one-week mark
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Akanksha Sharma | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Rescue efforts in India have stretched into a seventh day as emergency response teams race to retrieve 40 construction workers trapped underground since Sunday. The workers became stranded when a highway tunnel they were building partially collapsed in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Rescue teams had been drilling non-stop to reach the stranded workers since acquiring a high-powered drilling machine on Thursday, but given the fragile mountain terrain, there were concerns of more debris falling and further complicating the rescue efforts. Rescuers had drilled around one-third of the way to the trapped workers on November 17. Reuters reported Saturday that the initial drilling machine broke on Friday and needed to be replaced.

Persons: “, Manish Khalkho, Khalkho, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Narendra Modi Organizations: CNN, Rescue, National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation, AFP, Reuters Locations: India, Uttarakhand, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

☆ Indian authorities contact Thai cave rescue team as urgency increases to reach trapped men
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Rescue teams inside the Uttarakhand tunnel on November 14, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout/ReutersAuthorities said they were exploring all options to reach the men, including contacting teams experienced in delicate rescue missions. “The rescue team has contacted the Thailand company which had rescued the children trapped in the cave,” it added. Twelve boys and their soccer coach were rescued after nearly three weeks trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave by a specialist cave diving team in 2018. Indian authorities have also reached out to the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) to get advice, the statement said.

Persons: ”, Kirti Panwar, NGI, “, –, Manish Khalkho, ” Khalkho, B.S, Pokriyal, Narendra Modi’s Char Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Thai, soccer, Disaster, Reuters Authorities, Uttarkashi, CNN, Institute, Indian Railways, Authorities, India’s, Management Authority, Rescuers, National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation Locations: New Delhi, Uttarakhand, Norway, Thailand, Thai, Narendra Modi’s Char Dham, China, India, Mizoram, Bihar

☆ India Spends Big on What It Needs Most to Catch Up to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Jason Douglas | Vibhuti Agarwal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

India Spends Big on What It Needs Most to Catch Up to China The country is building fast in an effort to address gaps in its infrastructure that have long held back its economyIndia had about 90,000 miles of national highways at the close of the fiscal year in March, almost double the more than 49,000 miles it had a decade earlier. Atul Loke For The Wall Street Journal

Persons: Atul Loke Organizations: Street Locations: India, China

☆ A 15-year-old medieval girl was buried face down with her ankles possibly tied together to stop her from returning from the dead, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A 9th century gravesite unearthed in England suggests ancient settlers may have feared the undead. Researchers with the Museum of London Archeology discovered a 15-year-old girl buried face-down. Archeologists, however, discovered the Conington girl buried face-down in a pit that marked the entrance to the small settlement and believe her ankles may have also been tied together, according to the MOLA statement. Archeologists unearthed the remains of a 15-year-old girl in a Medieval settlement near Conington, Cambridgeshire several years ago. "Her burial rites may have reflected the nature of her death, or her social identity or that of her family."

Persons: MOLA, Don Walker, Matteo Borrini, Osteologists, Nicolaus, Walker Organizations: Museum of London Archeology, Service, Privacy, Museum of London, Infrastructure, Conington . Oxford, Liverpool John Moores University, MOLA Headland, Nicolaus Copernicus University Locations: England, Wall, Silicon, Conington , Cambridgeshire, MOLA, Conington, Europe, Cambridgeshire

☆ Poland to ramp up child benefit payments from 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, May 14 (Reuters) - The Polish government will increase monthly child benefit payments to 800 zlotys ($193.13) per child from 500 zlotys from the start of 2024, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said on Sunday. The family support program called "Family 500 plus" is a flagship project of the Law and Justice party (PiS), which was introduced in 2016. "... from the new year, 500 plus will be 800 plus," Kaczynski told a convention before parliamentary elections due this autumn. Child benefit payments currently cost the state budget over 40 billion zlotys a year. The next election convention of the Law and Justice party is to be held in June.

☆ AI cameras are being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AI cameras are being set up on UK highways to stop drivers from throwing trash, per The Metro. AI cameras are being set up on some UK highways to stop drivers from throwing trash out of their car windows. The initiative is being run as part of a National Highways trial. Representatives for the National Highways did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. The Clean Up Britain campaign group said in February that it would pursue legal action against the National Highways body if the litter situation didn't improve.

☆ Indian shares set for subdued start on U.S. rate hike fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Bharath Rajeswaran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The data heightened fears among investors that the Fed might have to keep rates higher for longer to tackle inflation. Indian equities logged their worst week in over eight months on Friday amid fears of aggressive interest rate hikes by global central banks and a fall in liquidity. STOCKS TO WATCH** Power Grid (PGRD.NS): Co accords multiple investment approvals worth 8.04 bln rupees. ** IRB Infrastructure (IRBI.NS): Co gets Letter of Award from National Highways Authority of India for projects worth 21.32 bln rupees. ** Phoenix Mills (PHOE.NS): Co's unit completes acquisition of a prime land parcel in Kolkata for 4.13 bln rupees.

☆ Factbox: Britain on strike: Which workers are walking out on Feb. 1 and Feb. 6?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Healthcare workers are also taking coordinated action on Feb. 6 for the first time, in what is set to be the biggest day of action in Britain's state-funded National Health Service. TEACHERSTeachers from the National Education Union in England and Wales will take the first of several days of strike action, impacting 23,400 schools. GOVERNMENT STAFFMore than 100,000 workers from the PCS union in government departments and public bodies will take part in a one-day strike. The GMB said more than 10,000 ambulance workers in England and Wales, including paramedics, emergency care assistants and call handlers, will strike on Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 6 and March 20. Unite said ambulance workers in England would walk out on Feb. 6, Feb. 17, Feb. 20, Feb. 22, Mar.

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