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The Assam Tribune Article Rating

Suo moto FIR, probe launched into illegal mining after 18 die in Meghalaya mine blast

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    30% ReliableAverage

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    -62% Medium Left

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The FIR also invokes Sections 21 and 21(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, along with Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, indicating the seriousness of the alleged violations.
39% : Guwahati, Feb 6: Following the death of 18 miners in a coal mine blast in East Jaintia Hills district, the Meghalaya Police on Thursday registered a suo motu FIR and launched a detailed investigation into the incident, once again spotlighting the persistent menace of illegal coal mining in the state.
36% : The blast once again brought illegal coal mining in Meghalaya under sharp focus.
34% : The National Green Tribunal in 2014 banned rat-hole coal mining and other unscientific mining practices in the state, citing severe environmental damage and serious safety risks to workers.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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