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TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

India’s lofty aviation ambitions interrupted & the 1975 Emergency, when a ‘young democracy froze’

Global media also reports on Adani Group’s move to ‘press ahead’ with its investment deals and ‘shrug off’ impact of US criminal charges.

Turbulent times for Air India & the cost of India’s hill station tourism boom

Global media also reports on resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which Beijing & New Delhi are seeing as one of chief diplomatic breakthroughs to emerge from rapprochement.

Lawyer files PIL in Supreme Court seeking suspension of Air India Boeing fleet

Advocate Ajay Bansal also sought a safety audit of Air India and other airlines post AI 171 Dreamliner crash, citing DGCA and BCAS’s inadequate enforcement of safety regulations.

DGCA warns Air India over flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides

DGCA warns Air India over flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides

Air India CEO says AI-171 was ‘well maintained’, both engines were ‘regularly monitored’

Campbell Wilson adds Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was due for next check in Dec 2025, right engine was overhauled in March and left engine was inspected in April.

8-months-old victim of Air India crash recovering from burn injuries after being admitted in PICU

The victim along with his mother sustained 28 percent burn injuries after London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel building in Ahmedabad shorty after taking off.

After a week’s search, family working in hostel mess cremates mother & 2-yr-old killed in Air India crash

Ravi Thakor’s daughter & mother were inside BJ Medical College hostel when the Air India flight crashed. Thakor’s family had been working in the hostel mess for 15 years.

Air India crash: Black box recovered from Boeing aircraft likely to be sent to US

According to an report in The Economic Times, the box suffered heavy external damage from post-crash fire making it impossible to recover its content in India.

India-Canada diplomatic detente, and probe into Air India crash focuses on emergency power generator

Global media also covers the funeral of Ajay, brother of Air India crash’s sole survivor, and boom in demand for luxury homes in India.

A week after tragic Air India crash, 211 victims identified, 189 bodies handed over to families

The 189 victims whose bodies have been handed over included 142 Indians, 32 British citizens, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.