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TopicAir India crash

Topic: Air India crash

11 DNA matches 48 hrs after Air India crash: Process of releasing victims’ bodies to families begins

The Gujarat government has created 230 teams to establish contact with families of victims of the plane crash.

Air India crash: All 4 hostel buildings of BJ Medical College emptied amid site investigation

The aircraft had descended with explosive force onto the residential blocks—Atulyam 1,2,3 and 4—where intern and resident doctors were living.

270 bodies recovered so far from Air India crash site, 4 BJ Medical College students among those dead

In a statement, Junior Doctors’ Association of the college added that 4 family members of super speciality doctors, who were staying in adjacent ‘Atulyam’ building, also died.

The crash, the rescue & aftermath—Inside the first 36 hours at ground zero of Air India crash

The Air India flight took off by 1.38 pm Thursday & had crashed by 1.40 pm. Airport’s own fire dept responded immediately & 1st 2 fire engines of Ahmedabad civic body reached by 1.43 pm.

Meet the forensic dentist racing against time so kin of Air India crash victims can say final goodbye

Dr Jayasankar P Pillai and team are extracting DNA from teeth of deceased so they can be matched with samples taken from family members anxiously waiting to claim mortal remains.

We worked shoulder to shoulder in trying times—Modi after meeting ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s family

On his ties with Gujarat ex-CM, Modi says the two worked shoulder to shoulder, including during some of the most challenging times. Rupani, 68, died in Air India AI-171 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.

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.

Air India plane had 1.25 lakh litres of fuel, intensity of flames made it impossible to save people—Amit Shah

Shah tells media in Ahmedabad that around 1,000 DNA tests will need to be conducted in Gujarat itself before bodies of those who died in the crash can be handed over to kin.

‘Goodbye India. Will make a proper vlog on whole trip’—British national killed in Air India crash

British national Jamie Ray Meek was one of the 242 people on board the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.