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TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh of seat 11A: The lone man who walked out of Air India crash wreckage

Ramesh was in India to visit his family and was going back to the UK with his brother. Seated a few rows away, his brother died in the crash.

How Ahmedabad NGO mobilised 200 volunteers & collected 900 units of blood within hrs of Air India crash

Anticipating a high number of injured, NGO Sahaay, with support from the Ahmedabad chapter of Red Cross, launched a blood donation drive that is ongoing.

Air India crash: Family supplying tiffin to medical college awaits news on missing kin, including 2-yr-old

55-year-old Sarla Ben & her granddaughter were at the hostel mess of BJ Medical College at the time of the crash, say family members, and have been missing ever since.

‘Felt like plane was suspended, those on other side were stuck’—Air India crash survivor recalls horror

PM Narendra Modi visited Vishwash Kumar Ramesh Friday at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, where he is being treated for injuries, including a burn on his left arm.

Confusion, debris & bodies at Air India crash site. Rescue worker first thought it was cylinder blast

A SDRF staff recalls how an ominous thick black smoke blanketing the sky outside his office gave him a hunch that something was amiss. Team reached crash site at 1.45 pm,he adds.

From retrieving black box to setting up ‘court of inquiry’, how probe into Air India crash will unfold

An aviation safety firm's CEO says a team from the Indian aviation regulator & those from every regulator where the aircraft is operated are expected to visit the crash site soon.

Manipur Ex-CM Biren Singh mourns death of 2 Manipuri crew members in Air India crash

He expressed condolences, saying it was ‘heartbreaking’ to have lost Kongrabailatpam Nganthoi Sharma & Lamnunthem Singson in the crash in Ahmedabad.

Singapore PM writes to Modi, extending condolences to families of victims of Air India crash

Lawrence Wong writes that Singapore stands in solidarity with India and the countries whose citizens were impacted by the accident.

Ahmedabad flight co-pilot was Vikrant Massey’s family friend. ‘My heart breaks for the families’

‘It pains even more to know that my uncle, Clifford Kunder, lost his son, Clive Kunder, who was the first officer operating on that fateful flight,' wrote the actor on Instagram.

Tea, food and crowd control—RSS cadres aid families, relief work after Air India plane crash

Scores of RSS cadres spread out across incident site & at BJ Medical College, keeping crowds organised, providing families of victims with food and water as they navigate a tragedy.

On Camera

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.