“The RTC should ensure newer routes are updated as soon as they’re launched”

From handling explosives and repairing heavy mining equipment to supervising underground operations and training to drive 100-tonne dumpers, women at State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited are moving into jobs long considered a male preserve after amendments to the Mines Act helped open up these opportunities to them. However, challenges remain, including workplace safety, gender bias and physical demands of such roles, writes P. Laxma Reddy

Telangana dispatched nearly 2,000 staff along with emergency materials from its two distribution utilities to assist Andhra Pradesh in restoring power after the Arnab cyclone