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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

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.

Considered quitting Air India job to look after father—family, friends remember Capt Sumeet Sabharwal

At around 9:45 am, the body was taken for last rites, which were performed at an electric crematorium in Mumbai's Chakala in the presence of family members.

The ‘Modi momentum’ in the third term & Air India crash probe

Global media also looks at PM Modi’s Cyrus trip & the beginning of India’s cybersecurity cooperation and maritime trade partnership with the country.

Air India crash: Capt Sabharwal, who gave ‘mayday’ call in Ahmedabad receives last rites in Mumbai

The 56-year-old received the last rites in an electric crematorium in Chakala in presence of family members, after his mortal remains Were flown in from Mumbai earlier in the day.

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How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

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.