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Air India crash sole survivor Viswash still battling physical, mental and financial woes
TOI Correspondent from London: A year after limping out shell-shocked from the burning wreckage of the Air India Dreamliner (AI 171), the crash’s sole survivor, Viswashkumar Ramesh, is still struggling with physical pain, bereavement, financial difficulties and psychological problems. After the crash, Viswashkumar (39) had returned to the UK on Sept 15 to be with his son, Divang, now five, who was starting school for the first time, and his wife, Hiral, and also to get medical treatment. The...
'Air India asking kin of crash victims to waive claims before facts known’
Even as questions swirl around the investigation into the AI 171 crash on June 12, 2025, family members of some victims are also criticising its handling of the tragedy. Radhika Mishra, daughter of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who was among the 260 people killed in the crash, has alleged that Air India is asking relatives to “sign full and final settlement documents before the official investigation has concluded and before the facts surrounding the accident have been fully established."...
India’s domestic air traffic falls 4.2% in April amid weak demand and rising costs
Domestic aviation in the country slowed down in April, with passenger traffic slipping 4.2% to just over 1.38 crore compared to March, according to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The decline comes amid multiple headwinds, including relatively softer travel demand. The DGCA figures showed that airlines transported more than 1.38 crore passengers in April, which is also 3.47% lower than the over 1.43 crore passengers carried in April last year.
From Agni 5 to Akash & hypersonics: Decoding India's homegrown arsenal & defence shield
The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, on the borders of Israel and in the Persian Gulf have underscored the importance of indigenous defence technologies and a domestic industry to back innovation. India has been steadily working to become self-reliant in defence manufacturing. The country is now on a razor’s edge—designing, developing, and deploying homegrown defence technologies.
JEE Advanced 2026 topper Shubham Kumar: 'No social media helped me secure AIR 1'
The results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026 were declared on May 31, and All India Rank (AIR) 1 holder Shubham Kumar had little reason to be surprised. The Bihar native, who moved to Kota two years ago for preparation, says avoiding social media, limiting phone use and focusing on long-term goals helped him secure the top rank in one of India's toughest engineering entrance examinations. The 18 year old from Bihar's Gaya district says he had spent the last two years...
‘How to have financially strong airlines,’ India finally begins to figure out
The ongoing West Asia crisis could pave the way for long-awaited reforms for India to have financially viable airlines and a sustainable aviation sector. The Union aviation ministry has “initiated a study on financially stressed airlines in India to assess structural challenges and identify measures to improve sector resilience.” It has asked airlines and other stakeholders to suggest reforms in policy, regulatory affairs, operations, contracts, procurement-related and other areas; the...
30 years of Suryakiran: How India's red arrows became a symbol of precision and national aspiration
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Modern-day Brahmastra? How hypersonic missiles could change the rules of war
Operation Sindoor demonstrated how a supersonic weapon flying at a speed of nearly Mach 3 (3,700 kmph), or five times the speed of sound, is nearly impossible to stop. A missile flying at low level would be detected by a ground-based radar at a distance of 15 km and, at Mach 3, this would provide an early warning of around 15 seconds to impact. This compresses the decision cycle of an air defence commander.
Middle East crisis: IndiGo grounds flights to six overseas destinations amid cost pressures
India’s largest airline IndiGo on Thursday announced the temporary suspension of flights to six international destinations, including Hong Kong, Shanghai and Thailand’s Krabi, as it moves to optimise its network amid softer travel demand and rising operating costs. The budget carrier said services to Langkawi, Krabi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and Shanghai will be suspended from July 1, while flights to Siem Reap will be halted from July 3. The suspension will remain in place until...
Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach
Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach A student parody account has rattled India’s most powerful man and exposed just how thin his skin has become. In recent weeks in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s profound insecurity has resulted in the deplatforming of college students who came together to form a satirical parody account called “Cockroach Janta Party”. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) came to be after India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people...