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TopicMissing persons

Topic: missing persons

Air India crash: Family supplying tiffin to medical college awaits news on missing kin, including 2-yr-old

55-year-old Sarla Ben & her granddaughter were at the hostel mess of BJ Medical College at the time of the crash, say family members, and have been missing ever since.

LeT operative killed in Srinagar was ‘English-speaking grad’, linked to spate of civilian killings

Just a year after joining militancy, LeT operative Junaid Ahmad Bhat had already been involved in several terror attacks in J&K, including Ganderbal tunnel attack in October.

Where do most people go missing in India? Bengal & MP. Kerala best in tracing them, Punjab worst

NCRB statistics show that of the 3.42 lakh people still missing and untraced by the end of 2021, around 87 per cent or 2.98 lakh were adults — children accounting for only 13 per cent.

Two Pakistani boxers ‘go missing’ in Birmingham after 2022 Commonwealth Games

Boxers Suleman Baloch & Nazeer Ullah were reported missing a few hours before the Pakistani squad, which consisted of five boxers and four officials, was to depart for Islamabad.

FBI adds 28-year-old Indian woman to its ‘Missing Persons’ list, seeks help from public

Mayushi Bhagat was last seen on 29 April 2019, while leaving her apartment in Jersey City. She was reported missing on 1 May.

Belongings of missing UK journalist, Brazil activist found at ‘last-known location’ in Amazon

Journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were reportedly documenting impact of cocaine trafficking and illegal poaching on the rainforest when they went missing on 5 June.

10 years after they were lost, Delhi cops help two families in Nepal & UP reunite with sons

Shahrukh, 17, was kidnapped by traffickers in 2010. Kailash, a labourer in Ludhiana in 2011, ran away after being beaten up.

Delhi officer missing since a week, family seeks help on social media, says govt hasn’t helped

Nalin Chauhan, deputy director with Delhi govt’s Directorate of Information and Publicity, had just recovered from Covid-19, but family claims he was under stress.

Delhi Police will soon launch website & app to file missing persons report online

In its submission before Delhi High Court, Delhi Police said the portal would take 90 days to develop, and the app another month after that.

On Camera

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.