Air India Jet Crash Black Box Found as Provisional Death Toll Revised to 265
Indian authorities have revised the death toll of the flight AI171 crash downwards because some remains had been inadvertently counted twice.
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One Survivor Found: Air India Flight Bound For London Crashes Minutes After Take-Off With 242 Aboard
An Air India Boeing 787 bound for London with 242 people aboard, including 53 UK citizens, crashed in Gujarat on Thursday.
Foxconn Pulls out of $19.5 Billion Chip Deal in Setback for Narendra Modi’s Tech Agenda
Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta.
‘Massive Corruption’: 9 Arrested for India Bridge Collapse Killing 135
Police in the Indian state of Gujarat arrested nine people Monday in connection with the collapse of the pedestrian suspension bridge in the town of Morbi, which collapsed on Sunday, sending its many occupants tumbling over 30 feet into the fast-moving Machchhu river. The official death toll from the catastrophe stands at 135, but the search for more bodies continues.
Indian State Renames Dragon Fruit ‘Lotus’ Fruit to Distance from China
India’s western state of Gujarat has changed the name of a locally-grown variety of dragon fruit to “lotus” fruit to avoid the original name’s association with China, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Wednesday.
Indian Journalist Charged with Sedition for Report Suggesting Poor Coronavirus Response
Police in Gujarat, India, arrested a journalist and charged him with sedition this week for publishing a story suggesting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials were planning to oust the state’s Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani, over his lackluster response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
