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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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.

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Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.