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India to host G20 virtual summit, China’s Xi to skip,

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The G20 virtual summit on November 22 is poised to
focus on key issues, with Prime Minister Narendra
Modi chairing the event to discuss the
implementation of the Delhi Declaration and
address emerging global challenges. Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Li
Qiang, along with leaders from other member
countries, are expected to participate.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) emphasized
that the summit will build on outcomes from the G20
annual summit held in September under India's
presidency. The agenda includes addressing the
ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the recent Israel-
Hamas conflict, with a specific focus on their impact
on global stability and economic recovery.

Rat miners rescued workers fro tunnel a er 17 days

On Tuesday, rescue workers managed to bring
India a dose of good news, saving 41 men who had
been trapped under a collapsed tunnel in India’s
Himalayan Uttarakhand state since November 12.
But after days of attempts, it wasn’t just high-tech
tools that brought success — a team of so-called
rat miners, practicing a craft that’s officially illegal,
proved saviours too.
Excavator teams deployed heavy auger machines
to dig both vertically and horizontally through the
debris. The first drilling machine broke down after
developing snags, halting the operation until a second machine was brought in. However, after horizontally
drilling about three-quarters worth of debris, the second machine also broke down.
After this, six miners from central India were tasked with drilling through the remaining rock with hand-held
drills late on Monday, using a technique known as rat mining.
In an effort that took over 24 hours, the miners worked in two teams of three each, with one person drilling,
the second collecting the debris and the third pushing it out of the pipe.