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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicSearch and rescue

Topic: search and rescue

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.

‘Banging sounds’, low oxygen, safety concerns in 2018: What we know about missing submersible

The submersible 'Titan' went missing Sunday during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic. Multiple rescue teams are racing against time to save the 5 people onboard.

How AI can help speed up Turkiye-Syria relief work

Technology is essential to disaster relief efforts, but what marks out the Türkiye-Syria situation is the scale of open-source websites, AI and social media usage.

AN-32 has served IAF for 35 years. We can’t turn our back on ageing workhorse now

IAF’s search and rescue teams are in urgent need of modernisation. A nationwide integrated civil/military system with a centralised structure is the way out.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.