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Topic: Jakarta

Lion Air jet’s plunge from the sky is unlike one experts have seen

Flight JT610 went down from 4,850 feet altitude in just 21 seconds, according to data compiled by FlightRadar24.

Pilot of crashed Indonesian Lion Air was a 31-year-old from Delhi

Captain Bhavye Suneja, alumnus of Ahlcon Public School, hailed from Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. He joined Lion Air in 2011.

Indonesia flight with 188 on board crashes into sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta

The 181 passengers of the Lion Air flight from the Indonesia capital included three children, two of them infants.

Court takes over kabaddi too, appoints retired judge to pick national team

The judge was appointed an observer by the Delhi High Court after questions were raised over the Asiad selection process.

Dehydrated & hurting, triple-jump gold medalist Arpinder wanted to break national record

Athlete says he wanted to break the national record but was dehydrated and his calves were hurting.

Indians have won six Asiad medals for wushu and kurash. But what are they?

The two are forms of martial art that trace their origin to different countries: Kurash is a traditional martial art of Uzbekistan, while wushu is Chinese.

Obsession with Asian Games’ medal tally shows India’s breathtaking apathy towards sports

Indians need to care about sports, not just the medal tally.

P.V. Sindhu gets silver at Asian games in year’s third major final loss

Sindhu loses 13-21 16-21 to world number one Tai Tzu-Ying, who earlier defeated Saina Nehwal in semi-finals. 

GLOBAL PULSE: Trump fires FBI chief, Seoul elects a leader who wants to engage with North Korea, and the new non-voters in France.

TRUMP FIRES FBI CHIEF REMINDING AMERICANS OF NIXON In a shocking move, American president Donald Trump has fired FBI chief James Comey. And CNN called...

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.