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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

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.

Chairman of Tata Sons says ‘deeply regret’ Air India crash, ‘AI 171 had clean history, no red flags’

Chairman of Tata Sons says 'deeply regret' Air India crash, ‘AI 171 had clean history, no red flags’

Post Air India crash, Centre’s new draft rules aim to regulate buildings & trees around airports

Ministry of Civil Aviation has proposed draft rules titled Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions Buildings and Trees etc.) Rules, 2025, to tighten control over structures around aerodromes.

Week after AI-171 crash, Air India announces 15% cut in international widebody aircraft

Ministry of Civil Aviation had in a statement Monday said ‘recent surveillance conducted on Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet did not reveal any major safety concerns’.

Air India crash: Students & doctors suffered Rs 2.69 cr in losses, Gujarat govt to raise claim

In a statement, Gujarat says that it is in the process of filing a police complaint & that 'the state will claim compensation from Air India for hostel and property damages.'

India’s ‘great’ expectations of creating a multi-polar world order & the country’s reset with Canada

Global media also spotlighted Air India crash survivor Ramesh Viswashkumar as one of the few to have escaped such aviation disasters by a stroke of fate & the test ahead for Shubman Gill.

Behind the scenes of Gujarat’s Air India crash response—4 IAS officers, 36 DNA experts & 230 teams

Gujarat government has mobilised nearly the entire state machinery in response to the 12 June AI 171 crash that left 242 people onboard the aircraft—except one—dead.

‘No major safety concerns,’ DGCA gives clean chit to Boeing 787 fleet after Ahmedabad Air India crash

The regulator met Air India officials, raising concerns over recent maintenance issues and advised strict regulation adherence, better coordination & adequate spares to avoid delays.

Air India crash victim’s Kuki family rejects Meitei area route for body. Fears ‘spectacle’

The family of Lamnunthem Singson, a crew member killed in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, have been living in Kangpokpi after the displacement from Imphal during the conflict.

On Camera

Why the Tashkent Declaration was both a moral and semantic victory for Shastri

In his bilateral talks with Ayub Khan, Lal Bahadur Shastri said while India had never accepted the two-nation theory, some elements in Pakistan were bent on making it a ‘two-hostile nation' construct.

2025 marked key point in India’s power sector: Clean energy surge pushed coal power into rare decline

Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.

Bangladesh-Pakistan look to expand ties to defence procurement as Dhaka shows ‘interest’ in JF-17s

Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.