Morning Filter: No quick exit in sight now for workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel

No quick exit in sight now for workers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel The blades of the auger machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to options that could drag on the rescue of 41 trapped workers by several days — even weeks. On day 14 of the multi-agency rescue mission, officials shifted focus to two alternatives — manual drilling through the remaining 10- or 12-metre stretch of the rubble or, more likely, drilling down 86 metres from above. “This operation could take a long time,” National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain said at his media briefing. At the disaster site, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix repeated his promise of getting the workers out “by Christmas”, which is a month away. Hamas is set to exchange more hostages for Palestinian prisoners Hamas is to release at least 50 Israeli hostages, and Israel 150 Palestinian prisoners, all woman and minors, during the four-day truce. Israel has released a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners that can be set free on the basis of the 1:3 exchange method, meaning three Palestinian prisoners will be released for every Israeli hostage coming out of captivity. As many as 24 hostages out of the 50 agreed for release are likely to come out in batches of 12 on Sunday and Monday.. President Murmu on two-day visit to Odisha from Sunday President Droupadi Murmu will visit Odisha from November 26 to 27, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Saturday. “On November 27, the President will grace the Boita Bandana ceremony organised by the Paradip Port Authority at Paradip and virtually inaugurate a multi-model logistics park as well as lay the foundation stones for a new reservoir and water treatment plant for the port township and a next-gen vessel traffic management and information system,” it said in a statement. Boita Bandana is an ancient maritime festival in Odisha. President Murmu will also interact with the members of the fishing community during her visit, the statement said. 3,000 Sikhs arrive in Pakistan to participate in festivities on 554th birth anniversary of faith founder Guru Nanak The visiting pilgrims were transported to Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib by special buses where the three-day festivities will kick off on Sunday. Japan-China-South Korea three-way talks on Sunday Top diplomats from Japan and China met for bilateral talks Saturday as they try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood that has badly hit Japanese exporters. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan. They will join their host, Park Jin, for three-way talks on Sunday. Indian bowlers look for improved outing against Australia in second T20I The young Indian bowling unit will have to push behind the timid show in the series opener and find its flow against a forceful Australian batting line-up in the second T20 here on Sunday. India had won the first game at Visakhapatnam by two wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, but their bowlers, except pacer Mukesh Kumar, looked incapable of stemming the run-flow. [logo] The Morning Filter 26 November 2023 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today No quick exit in sight now for workers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel The blades of the auger machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to options that could drag on the rescue of 41 trapped workers by several days — even weeks. On day 14 of the multi-agency rescue mission, officials shifted focus to two alternatives — manual drilling through the remaining 10- or 12-metre stretch of the rubble or, more likely, drilling down 86 metres from above. “This operation could take a long time,” National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain said at his media briefing. At the disaster site, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix repeated his promise of getting the workers out “by Christmas”, which is a month away. Hamas is set to exchange more hostages for Palestinian prisoners Hamas is to release at least 50 Israeli hostages, and Israel 150 Palestinian prisoners, all woman and minors, during the four-day truce. Israel has released a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners that can be set free on the basis of the 1:3 exchange method, meaning three Palestinian prisoners will be released for every Israeli hostage coming out of captivity. As many as 24 hostages out of the 50 agreed for release are likely to come out in batches of 12 on Sunday and Monday.. President Murmu on two-day visit to Odisha from Sunday President Droupadi Murmu will visit Odisha from November 26 to 27, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Saturday. “On November 27, the President will grace the Boita Bandana ceremony organised by the Paradip Port Authority at Paradip and virtually inaugurate a multi-model logistics park as well as lay the foundation stones for a new reservoir and water treatment plant for the port township and a next-gen vessel traffic management and information system,” it said in a statement. Boita Bandana is an ancient maritime festival in Odisha. President Murmu will also interact with the members of the fishing community during her visit, the statement said. 3,000 Sikhs arrive in Pakistan to participate in festivities on 554th birth anniversary of faith founder Guru Nanak The visiting pilgrims were transported to Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib by special buses where the three-day festivities will kick off on Sunday. Japan-China-South Korea three-way talks on Sunday Top diplomats from Japan and China met for bilateral talks Saturday as they try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood that has badly hit Japanese exporters. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan. They will join their host, Park Jin, for three-way talks on Sunday. Indian bowlers look for improved outing against Australia in second T20I The young Indian bowling unit will have to push behind the timid show in the series opener and find its flow against a forceful Australian batting line-up in the second T20 here on Sunday. India had won the first game at Visakhapatnam by two wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, but their bowlers, except pacer Mukesh Kumar, looked incapable of stemming the run-flow. 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